Dual-slice spiral versus single-slice spiral scanning: Comparison of the physical performance of two computed tomography scanners

Medical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 205-220

  Liang, Yun ^a   Kruger, Robert A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dual slice technology; interpolation; modulation transfer function; pitch; resolution; spiral CT

Indexed keywords

INTERPOLATION; NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; SCANNING;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS; INTERPOLATION ALGORITHMS; LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; LONGITUDINAL RESOLUTION; PITCH; SINGLE-SLICE SCANNERS; SLICE-SENSITIVITY PROFILES; SPIRAL CT;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030066343     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597705     Document Type: Article

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