Quantitative assessment of four-dimensional computed tomography image acquisition quality

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1-20

  Starkschall, George ^a   Desai, Neil ^a   Balter, Peter ^a   Prado, Karl ^a   Luo, Dershan ^a   Cody, Dianna ^a   Pan, Tinsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

4D imaging; Computed tomography; Image assessment; Organ motion

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548274489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v8i3.2362     Document Type: Article

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