Suppression of high-density artefacts in x-ray CT images using temporal digital subtraction with application to cryotherapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2000, Pages

  Baissalov, R ^a,b   Sandison, G A ^a,b   Donnelly, B J ^a   Saliken, J C ^a,c   McKinnon, J G ^c   Muldrew, K ^b   Rewcastle, J C ^a,b  

^a TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYOTHERAPY; FREEZING; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE TUMOR; ULTRASOUND;

CRYOGENICS; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL IMAGING;

CRYOTHERAPY; HIGH DENSITY ARTEFACTS; TEMPORAL DIGITAL SUBTRACTION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033623026     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/45/5/404     Document Type: Article

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