Increasing spiral CT benefits with postprocessing applications

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-54

  Kirchgeorg, Markus A ^a   Prokop, Mathias ^b  

^a SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Helical computer tomography; Postprocessing; Spiral computer tomography

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DISPLAY DEVICES; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; ORTHOPEDICS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

MULTIPLANAR REFORMATS (MPR); SPIRAL COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; VOLUME RENDERING TECHNIQUES (VRT);

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0032146897     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(98)00011-4     Document Type: Review

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