Current techniques of computed tomography: Helical CT, multidetector CT, and 3D reconstruction

Clinics in Liver Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 29-52

  Mortele, Koenraad J ^a   McTavish, Jeffrey ^a   Ros, Pablo R ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANGIOGRAPHY; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REVIEW; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SURGEON; TECHNOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VELOCITY;

EID: 0036202387     PISSN: 10893261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1089-3261(03)00065-5     Document Type: Review

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