Performance of a static-anode/flat-panel x-ray fluoroscopy system in a diagnostic strength magnetic field: A truly hybrid x-ray/MR imaging system

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1775-1784

  Fahrig, R ^a   Wen, Z ^a   Ganguly, A ^a   DeCrescenzo, G ^b   Rowlands, J A ^b   Stevens, G M ^c   Saunders, R F ^c   Pelc, N J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Flat panel x ray detector; Hybrid system; Interventional MR; Static anode x ray tube

Indexed keywords

ANODES; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRON BEAMS; HYBRID SYSTEMS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; X RAY APPARATUS; X RAY TUBES; X RAYS;

ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS; FLAT-PANEL X-RAY DETECTOR; HIGH FREQUENCY POWER SUPPLY; HYBRID IMAGING SYSTEMS; INTEGRATED SYSTEMS; INTERVENTIONAL; MINIMALLY INVASIVE; STATIC ANODES;

X RAY DETECTORS;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLUOROSCOPY; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY; X RAY TUBE;

EID: 21144433042     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1915016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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