Multislice CT: Technical principles and future trends

European Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2003, Pages

  Prokop, Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CT technique; Multiplanar reformations; Multislice CT; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FLUOROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NOISE REDUCTION; PERFORMANCE; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; TIME;

EID: 0842323879     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-003-2178-z     Document Type: Article

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