Volume imaging in fluoroscopy: A clinical prototype system based on a generalized digital tomosynthesis technique

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 741-748

  Kolitsi, Z ^a   Yoldassis, N ^b   Siozos, T ^b   Pallikarakis, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INBIT   (Greece)

Author keywords

Digital radiography; Imaging; Tomography; Tomosynthesis, digital; Volume

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC;

EID: 0030236230     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841859609177709     Document Type: Article

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