X-ray CT high-density artefact suppression in the presence of bones

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 5407-5418

  Wei, Jikun ^a   Chen, Laigao ^b   Sandison, George A ^a   Liang, Yun ^c   Xu, Lisa X ^d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERPOLATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; POLYNOMIALS; X RAYS;

BONE ARTEFACTS; BONE STRUCTURES; CT IMAGING; SUPPRESSION METHOD;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BONE STRUCTURE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METAL IMPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROSTATE CANCER; SIMULATION; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; X RAY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BONE AND BONES; HUMANS; METALS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 12744273446     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/24/001     Document Type: Article

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