Image reconstruction and performance evaluation for ECG-gated spiral scanning with a 16-slice CT system

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2650-2662

  Flohr, Th ^a   Ohnesorge, B ^a   Bruder, H ^a   Stierstorfer, K ^a   Simon, J ^a   Suess, C ^a   Schaller, S ^a  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac CT; ECG gated multislice CT; ECG gated spiral reconstruction; Multislice CT

Indexed keywords

AIR CUSHION VEHICLES; BIOMINERALIZATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FUNCTION EVALUATION; HEART; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; SCANNING; STENTS; VISUALIZATION;

CARDIAC CT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONE BEAM RECONSTRUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FIELD OF MEASUREMENTS; MULTISLICE CT; SLICE-SENSITIVITY PROFILES; TRANSVERSE RESOLUTION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BREATH HOLDING; CALCIFICATION; CORONARY ARTERY; DEVICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GEOMETRY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STENT;

EID: 0142070759     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1593637     Document Type: Article

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