Validation of the use of calibration factors between the iodine concentration and the computed tomography number measured outside the objects for estimation of iodine concentration inside the objects: Phantom experiment

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 237-243

  Takanami, Kentaro ^a   Higano, Shuichi ^a   Takase, Kei ^a   Kaneta, Tomohiro ^a   Yamada, Takayuki ^a   Ishiya, Hiroki ^b   Mori, Issei ^c   Takahashi, Shoki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Contrast material; Phantom

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINE; IOHEXOL;

ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CALIBRATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; IOHEXOL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 44449109634     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: 18625274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-007-0220-9     Document Type: Article

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