Gauging Effective Spatial Resolution in Multirow Helical Cardiac Computed Tomography with a Dynamic Phantom

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-19

  Knollmann, Friedrich D ^a,e   Cangöz, Tarkan ^a   Cesmeli, Erdogan ^b   Toth, Thomas ^c   Edic, Peter ^b   Müller, Johannes ^d   Felix, Roland ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

^d DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artifact; Computed tomography (CT); Coronary vessels; Experimental studies; Heart; Image quality

Indexed keywords

TUNGSTEN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEART; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0347419460     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rli.0000091848.80376.d5     Document Type: Article

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