Dose optimization tool

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5029, Issue , 2003, Pages 815-821

  Amir, O ^a   Braunstein, D ^a   Altman, A ^a  

^a PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Dose; Dose reduction; Dose saving; Low dose; Noise

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CALCULATIONS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; OPTIMIZATION; SCANNING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; VISUALIZATION;

DOSE OPTIMIZATION; DOSE REDUCTION; DOSE SAVING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0043125878     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.482412     Document Type: Conference Paper

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