Measurement of thickness and density of thin structures by computed tomography: A simulation study

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1341-1348

  Dougherty, Geoffrey ^a   Newman, David ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Digital convolution; Quantitative computed tomography; Spatial resolution; Vertebral strength

Indexed keywords

BONE; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; BONE RECONSTRUCTION; CORTICAL THICKNESS; QUANTITATIVE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; RECONSTRUCTION KERNEL; SIMULATION STUDIES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VERTEBRAL STRENGTH;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SIMULATION; THICKNESS;

EID: 0032781830     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598629     Document Type: Article

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