Four multidetector-row helical CT: Image quality and volume coverage speed

Radiology

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-62

  Hu, Hui ^a,b   He, H David ^a   Foley, W Dennis ^a   Fox, Stanley H ^a  

^a GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), comparative studies; Computed tomography (CT), helical; Computed tomography (CT), image processing; Computed tomography (CT), image quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; THICKNESS;

EID: 0034069213     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.215.1.r00ap3755     Document Type: Article

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