Flat panel detector-based cone-beam volume CT angiography imaging: system evaluation

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 949-963

  Ning, Ruola ^a   Chen, Biao ^a   Yu, Rongfeng ^a   Conover, David ^a   Tang, Xiangyang ^a   Ning, Yi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FLAT PANEL DISPLAYS; IMAGE INTENSIFIERS (SOLID STATE); IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; SIGNAL DETECTION;

CONE BEAM RECONSTRUCTION; FLAT PANEL DETECTOR; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; SPIRAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; VOLUME COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RAT;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMALS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RATS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034257874     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.887842     Document Type: Article

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