Design considerations in cardiac CT

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6142 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Bruder, H ^a   Stierstorfer, K ^a   McCollough, C ^b   Raupach, R ^a   Petersilka, M ^a   Grasruck, M ^a   Suess, C ^a   Ohnesorge, B ^a   Flohr, T ^a  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac CT; Cardiac spiral imaging; Data truncation; Dual Source Computed Tomography (DSCT); ECG correlated image reconstruction; Multi slice Computed Tomography; Patient dose

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DATA ACQUISITION; DETECTOR CIRCUITS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL COMPUTING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; X RAY TUBES;

CARDIAC CT; CARDIAC SPIRAL IMAGING; DATA TRUNCATION; DUAL SOURCE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (DSCT); ECG CORRELATED IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MULTI-SLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT DOSE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33745332061     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.651633     Document Type: Conference Paper

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