Novel noise reduction filter for improving visibility of early computed tomography signs of hyperacute stroke: Evaluation of the filter's performance - Preliminary clinical experience

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 247-254

  Takahashi, Noriyuki ^a   Lee, Yongbum ^b   Tsai, Du Yih ^b   Ishii, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a SENDAI CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptive smoothing filter; Computed tomography; Computer applications; Infarction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FILTER; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROIMAGING; NOISE REDUCTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STROKE; TECHNIQUE; VISIBILITY; WHITE MATTER; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRICITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTRICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548103627     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: 18625274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-007-0129-3     Document Type: Article

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