Development of phantoms for spiral CT

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 247-255

  Goodenough, David J ^a,d   Levy, Joshua R ^b   Kasales, Claudia ^c,e  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Phantom Laboratory   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d First Medicak University   (China)

^e WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Image quality; Phantoms; Spiral CT

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

SPIRAL COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACRYLIC RESINS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYETHYLENES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032075814     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-6111(98)00020-2     Document Type: Article

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