ECG-correlated image reconstruction from subsecond multi-slice spiral CT scans of the heart

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1881-1902

  Kachelrielß, Marc ^a   Ulzheimer, Stefan ^a   Kalender, Willi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

4D reconstruction; Computed tomography (CT); Heart; Multi slice spiral CT

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERPOLATION; MEDICAL COMPUTING; NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; SCANNING; THREE DIMENSIONAL DISPLAYS;

4D RECONSTRUCTION; CARDIAC RECONSTRUCTION; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; INTERPOLATION ALGORITHMS; MULTI-SLICE SPIRAL CT; MULTIPLANAR REFORMATION; SPIRAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; WEIGHTED INTERPOLATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

CALCIUM;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033863629     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1286552     Document Type: Article

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