Image quality and localization accuracy in C-arm tomosynthesis-guided head and neck surgery

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4664-4677

  Bachar, G ^a   Siewerdsen, J H ^a,b   Daly, M J ^a   Jaffray, D A ^a,b   Irish, J C ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

C arm; Cone beam CT; Flat panel detector; Image quality; Image guided interventions; Image guided surgery; Tomosynthesis

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; OBJECT RECOGNITION; PATIENT REHABILITATION; QUALITY CONTROL; ROBOTIC ARMS; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

CONE-BEAM CT; FLAT PANEL DETECTORS; IMAGE GUIDED SURGERY; IMAGE-GUIDED INTERVENTION; TOMOSYNTHESIS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGIST; SOFT TISSUE; SURGEON; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 36649006198     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2799492     Document Type: Article

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