The use of deblurring technique for improving the longitudinal resolution in helical CT of the head and neck region

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 153-164

  Sakai, Osamu ^a,b   Shen, Yun ^c   Takata, Yasunori ^b   Furuse, Makoto ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Imperial Foundation Saiseikai Utsunomiya Hospital   (Japan)

^c GE Yokogawa Medical Systems   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Helical technology computed tomography (CT); Image processing computed tomography (CT); Physics head and neck

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; VISUALIZATION;

DEBLURRING TECHNIQUES; DIGITAL DECONVOLUTION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FACIAL BONE; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PARANASAL SINUS; PHANTOM; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANGIOGRAPHY; HEAD; HUMANS; NECK; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031146681     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-6111(97)00004-9     Document Type: Article

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