Imaging of Small High-Density Structures in CT. A Phantom Study

Academic Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 893-908

  Rollano Hijarrubia, Empar ^a   Stokking, R ^a   van der Meer, Frits ^a   Niessen, Wiro J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

64 Slice multidetector row computed tomography (CT); blur; phantom experiments; point spread function; size measurement accuracy of small high density objects

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM;

ARTERY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STENT;

CALCINOSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33745074057     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2006.03.009     Document Type: Article

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