Comparison of Axial High-Resolution CT and Thin-Section Multiplanar Reformation (MPR) for Diagnosis of Diseases of the Pulmonary Parenchyma: Preliminary Study in 49 Patients

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 24-31

  Arakawa, Hiroaki ^a,c   Sasaka, Kaoru ^a   Lu, Wo Meng ^a   Hirayanagi, Noriyuki ^b   Nakajima, Yasuo ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Lung disease; Multiplanar imaging; Spiral CT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; AXIAL HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COLLIMATOR; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; PHANTOM; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THICKNESS; THIN SECTION MULTIPLANAR REFORMATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1642575994     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005382-200401000-00004     Document Type: Article

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