Dual-energy cardiac imaging: An image quality and dose comparison for a flat-panel detector and x-ray image intensifier

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 183-196

  Ducote, Justin L ^a   Xu, Tong ^a   Molloi, Sabee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DETECTORS; IMAGE QUALITY; PATIENT TREATMENT;

CARDIAC IMAGING; CONTRAST-TO-NOISE (CNR) MEASUREMENTS; FIGURE OF MERIT (FOM); IMAGE INTENSIFIER;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

CALCIUM; IODINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; DUAL ENERGY CARDIAC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; X RAY TUBE; BONE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; X RAY; X RAY FILM;

BONE AND BONES; CALCIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IODINE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MYOCARDIUM; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS; X-RAYS;

EID: 34247467614     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/1/012     Document Type: Article

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