Cone-beam computed tomography with a flat-panel imager: Effects of image lag

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2635-2647

  Siewerdsen, J H ^a   Jaffray, D A ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon; Artifacts; Cone beam computed tomography; Flat panel imager; Image lag

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; CHARGE TRAPPING; FILLING; PHANTOMS;

ACTIVE MATRIX FLAT-PANEL IMAGERS; ARTIFACTS; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIRECTION OF ROTATION; FLAT-PANEL IMAGERS; HIGH-CONTRAST OBJECTS; IMAGE LAGS; MORPHOLOGY AND COMPOSITION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033458079     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598803     Document Type: Article

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