Do segmented reconstruction algorithms for cardiac multi-slice computed tomography improve image quality?

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Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 20-31

  Halliburton, Sandra Simon ^a   Stillman, Arthur E ^a   Flohr, Thomas ^b   Ohnesorge, Bernd ^b   Obuchowski, Nancy ^a   Lieber, Michael ^a   Karim, Wadih ^a   Kuzmiak, Stacie A ^a   Kasper, Jane M ^a   White, Richard D ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Heart; Image reconstruction; Spiral; Temporal resolution

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOPROMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY GATED COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GATED IMAGING; HEART CYCLE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTISLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; R WAVE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 12244303686     PISSN: 03409937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00059-003-2445-4     Document Type: Article

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