Performance evaluation of a multi-slice CT system

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2223-2230

  McCollough, Cynthia H ^a   Zink, Frank E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

CT image quality; CT radiation exposure; CT Technology; Multi slice CT; Spiral (helical) CT

Indexed keywords

IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; SCANNING; SOFTWARE TESTING;

CT IMAGE; CT TECHNOLOGY; DETECTOR CONFIGURATION; LOW CONTRAST RESOLUTION; MULTISLICE CT; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SLICE-SENSITIVITY PROFILES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BODY SURFACE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST; EVALUATION; GEOMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; NOISE; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TISSUE SLICE;

EID: 0032718470     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598777     Document Type: Article

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