Optimization of eight-element multi-detector row helical CT technology for evaluation of the abdomen

Radiology

Volumn 227, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 739-745

  Gupta, Ashok K ^a   Nelson, Rendon C ^a   Johnson, G Allan ^a   Paulson, Erik K ^a   Delong, David M ^a   Yoshizumi, Terry T ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdomen, CT; Computed tomography (CT), multidetector row; Computed tomography (CT), technology; Phantoms

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EIGHT ELEMENT MULTI DETECTOR ROW HELICAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NOISE; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THICKNESS;

ARTIFACTS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 0038287683     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2273020591     Document Type: Article

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