Ultra-high resolution flat-panel volume CT: Fundamental principles, design architecture, and system characterization

European Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1191-1205

  Gupta, Rajiv ^a   Grasruck, Michael ^b   Suess, Christoph ^b   Bartling, Soenke H ^c   Schmidt, Bernhard ^b   Stierstorfer, Karl ^b   Popescu, Stefan ^b   Brady, Tom ^a   Flohr, Thomas ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

CT; Dose; Flat panel detector; High resolution; Volume CT

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ALGORITHM; ANATOMY; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KIDNEY; LIVER; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SOFTWARE; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33744809303     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0156-y     Document Type: Review

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