Flat panel computed tomography of human ex vivo heart and bone specimens: Initial experience

European Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 329-333

  Nikolaou, Konstantin ^a   Flohr, Thomas ^b   Stierstorfer, Karl ^b   Becker, Christoph R ^a   Reiser, Maximilian F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Flat panel detector

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE TISSUE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; EX VIVO STUDY; EXPERIENCE; EXPLANT; FOOT; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULAR BONE; VELOCITY;

FOOT BONES; HEART; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS;

EID: 12544249502     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-004-2537-4     Document Type: Article

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