Artifacts and thresholding in X-Ray CT of a cortical bone and titanium composite

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 496-503

  Sutherland, Charles J ^a   Gayou, Donald E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Computed tomography, X ray; Titanium

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; METAL IMPLANTS; PHANTOMS; TITANIUM;

BONE TISSUE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CORTICAL BONE; IMAGE DATA; PHANTOMS; THRESHOLDING; TITANIA; TITANIA COMPOSITES; TITANIUM IMPLANTS; X-RAY CT;

BONE;

TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; METAL IMPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029940108     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199605000-00035     Document Type: Article

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