A pragmatic approach to metal artifact reduction in CT: Merging of metal artifact reduced images

European Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 849-856

  Watzke, Oliver ^a   Kalender, Willi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Computed tomography; Correction; Image manipulation

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIGITAL FILTERING; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAW RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; DENTAL IMPLANTS; HIP; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; JAW; METALS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2542496945     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-004-2263-y     Document Type: Article

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