Influence of detector collimation and beam pitch for identification and image quality of ground-glass attenuation and nodules on 16- and 64-detector row CT systems: Experimental study using chest phantom

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 406-413

  Ohno, Yoshiharu ^a   Koyama, Hisanobu ^a   Kono, Astushi ^a   Terada, Mari ^b   Inokawa, Hiroyasu ^c   Matsumoto, Sumiaki ^a   Sugimura, Kazuro ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Division of Radiology   (Japan)

^c TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

CT; Lung; Lung cancer; Phantom examination; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIATION EFFECTS; TUMORS;

GROUND GLASS ATTENUATION (GGA); LUNG CANCER; PHANTOM EXAMINATION;

IMAGE QUALITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG CANCER; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; ROC CURVE; SIMULATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG DISEASES; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; ROC CURVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36148973512     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.08.015     Document Type: Article

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