Determination of spiral ct slice sensitivity profiles using a point response phantom

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 838-843

  Davros, William J ^a   Herts, Brian R ^a   Walmsley, Jeffrey J ^a   Obuchowski, Nancy A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography, physics and instrumentation; Computed tomography, spiral; Computed tomography, techniques; Phantom

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PHANTOMS; SPEED; STATISTICAL TESTS;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, PHYSIC AND INSTRUMENTATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, TECHNIQUE; CT SLICES; FULL WIDTH HALF MAXIMUM; PHANTOMS; POINT RESPONSE; SLICE-SENSITIVITY PROFILES; SPIRAL CT; TABLE SPEED;

BALL BEARINGS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029102897     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199509000-00031     Document Type: Article

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