Subsecond multi-slice computed tomography: Basics and applications

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 110-124

  Klingenbeck Regn, Klaus ^a   Schaller, Stefan ^a   Flohr, Thomas ^a   Ohnesorge, Bernd ^a   Kopp, Andreas F ^b   Baum, Ulrich ^c  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Combi mode; Computed tomography; ECG triggering; Multislice scanning; Partial volume artifacts

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SCANNING;

MULTISLICE SCANNING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CAMERA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

ARTIFACTS; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033180517     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(99)00086-8     Document Type: Article

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