CT artifact recognition for the nuclear technologist

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 79-81

  Popilock, Robert ^a,c   Sandrasagaren, Kumar ^b   Harris, Lowell ^a   Kaser, Keith A ^a  

^a Philips Medical   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; CT artifact recognition; PET CT; Quality assurance; SPECT CT; X ray

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LINEAR SYSTEM; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PHOTON; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION BEAM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; MOTION; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 45849110260     PISSN: 00914916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnmt.107.047431     Document Type: Article

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