The AAPM/RSNA physics tutorial for residents: Search for isotropie resolution in CT from conventional through multiple-row detector

Radiographics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 949-962

  Mahesh, Mahadevappa ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Computed tomography (CT), helical; Computed tomography (CT), high resolution; Computed tomography (CT), multi detector row; Computed tomography (CT), physics; Computed tomography (CT), technology

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICS; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; PHYSICS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036651194     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.22.4.g02jl14949     Document Type: Article

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