Physical evaluation of four dimensional computed tomography

Journal of JASTRO

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 263-271

  Nakamura, Mitsuhiro ^a   Narita, Yuichiro ^a   Miyabe, Yuki ^b   Matsuo, Yukinori ^a   Mizowaki, Takashi ^a   Norihisa, Yoshiki ^a   Takayama, Kenji ^a   Nagata, Yasushi ^a   Hiraoka, Masahiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Four dimensional computed tomography; Physical evaluation respiratory motion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM;

EID: 39349085236     PISSN: 10409564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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