Simulating Low Dose CT Scans by Noise Addition

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 1832-1834

  Li, Jianying ^a   Toth, Thomas ^a   McOlash, Scott ^a   Hsieh, Jiang ^a   Bromberg, Neil ^a  

^a GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

NOISE ADDITION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0142178305     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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