The evolution and state-of-the-art principles of multislice computed tomography

Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 470-476

  Kohl, Gerhard ^a  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography design; Computed tomography principles; Multislice computed tomography; Spiral computed tomography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; LUNG NODULE; MULTISLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULAR DISEASE; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 31144458387     PISSN: 15463222     EISSN: 15463222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/pats.200508-086DS     Document Type: Conference Paper

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