Overview of Computerized Tomography with Emphasis on Future Developments

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1983, Pages 356-372

  Bates, R H T ^a   Garden, Kathryn L ^a   Peters, Terence M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES - MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN;

EID: 0020718436     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: 15582256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/PROC.1983.12594     Document Type: Article

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