Renal cyst pseudoenhancement with beam hardening effect on CT attenuation

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 187-190

  Gokan, Takehiko ^a   Ohgiya, Yoshimitsu ^a   Munechika, Hirotsugu ^a   Nobusawa, Hiroshi ^a   Hirose, Masanori ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beam hardening effect; Computed tomography; Pseudoenhancement; Renal cyst

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; KIDNEY CYST; PHANTOM;

HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES, CYSTIC; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036657175     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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