Low-contrast resolution in volumetric x-ray CT - Analytical comparison between conventional and spiral CT

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 373-376

  Wang, Ge ^a   Vannier, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

image quality; low contrast resolution; noise; slice sensitivity profile (SSP); spiral helical computed tomography (CT)

Indexed keywords

IMAGE QUALITY; INTERPOLATION; X RAYS;

HIGH-CONTRAST RESOLUTION; INTERPOLATION METHOD; LOW CONTRAST RESOLUTION; NOISE; RETROSPECTIVE RECONSTRUCTION; SLICE-SENSITIVITY PROFILES; SPIRAL/HELICAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT); TEMPORAL RESOLUTION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030901486     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597905     Document Type: Article

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