Modelling of contrast enhancement for cardiac multi-detector row CT

IST 2005 - Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Workshop on Imaging Systems and Techniques

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 125-129

  Numburi, Uma ^a   Chatzimavroudis, George P ^a,b   Uber, Arthur E ^c   Kalafut, John P ^c   Stillman, Arthur E ^b   White, Richard D ^b   Halliburton, Sandra S ^a,b  

^a Cleveland State University   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MEDRAD Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac; Computed tomography; Contrast agent

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC CHAMBERS; CONTRAST AGENTS; NON-UNIFORM ENHANCEMENT;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DETECTOR CIRCUITS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 33847200091     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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