Effects of ECG gating and postprocessing techniques on 3D MDCT of the bronchial tree

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-89

  Schertler, Thomas ^a   Wildermuth, Simon ^a   Willmann, Jürgen K ^a   Alkadhi, Hatem ^a   Marincek, Borut ^a   Boehm, Thomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODIXANOL;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 2942708022     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.183.1.1830083     Document Type: Article

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