Physics and dosimetry in computed tomography

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 515-520

  Morin, Richard L ^a   Gerber, Thomas C ^a   McCollough, Cynthia H ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0346848772     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8651(03)00108-5     Document Type: Review

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