Multi-slice spiral CT simulator for dynamic cardio-pulmonary studies

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4683, Issue , 2002, Pages 305-316

  De Francesco, Silvia ^a   Ferreira Da Silva, Augusto M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

4D phantom; Dynamic heart; Dynamic visualization; ECG gated CT; Multi slice spiral CT; Spiral CT

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERPOLATION; SAMPLING; SCANNING; SIMULATORS; VISUALIZATION;

CARDIO-PULMONARY STUDIES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036032207     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.463596     Document Type: Conference Paper

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