Characterization of the relation between CT technical parameters and accuracy of quantification of lung attenuation on quantitative chest CT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 188, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1683-1690

  Trotta, Brian M ^a   Stolin, Alexander V ^a   Williams, Mark B ^a   Gay, Spencer B ^a   Brody, Alan S ^b   Altes, Talissa A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest CT; Emphysema; Lung disease; Lung volume reduction surgery; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; LUNG; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; THICKNESS;

HUMANS; LUNG; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34249867682     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.06.1153     Document Type: Article

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