Four-dimensional computed tomography (4D CT) - Concepts and preliminary development

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-22

  Endo, Masahiro ^a   Tsunoo, Takanori ^a   Kandatsu, Susumu ^a   Tanada, Shuji ^a   Aradate, Hiroshi ^b   Saito, Yasuo ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dynamic volume imaging; Four dimensional computed tomography (4D CT); Two dimensional (2D) discrete detector

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOUR DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037234225     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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