A computer-simulated liver phantom (virtual liver phantom) for multidetector computed tomography evaluation

European Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 837-845

  Funama, Yoshinori ^a   Awai, Kazuo ^b   Miyazaki, Osamu ^c   Nakayama, Yoshiharu ^b   Liu, Da ^b   Goto, Taiga ^c   Yamashita, Yasuyuki ^b   Hori, Shinichi ^d  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^d NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Hepatic computed tomography; Multislice computed tomography; Phantom

Indexed keywords

ROBUSTO/PRESTO;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIVER INJURY; LIVER NODULE; LIVER SCINTISCANNING; LIVER TUMOR; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SCORING SYSTEM; TUMOR VOLUME; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER DISEASES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33644882247     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-005-0012-5     Document Type: Article

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