Realistic CT simulation using the 4D XCAT phantom

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3800-3808

  Segars, W P ^a,b,c   Mahesh, M ^b   Beck, T J ^b   Frey, E C ^b   Tsui, B M W ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer phantom; Medical imaging simulation; X ray CT

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHANTOMS;

ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES; COMPUTER PHANTOM; MATHEMATICAL COMPLEXITY; MATHEMATICAL PHANTOMS; MATHEMATICAL PRIMITIVE; MEDICAL IMAGING SIMULATION; MULTI PROCESSOR SYSTEMS; X-RAY CT;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 48349124497     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2955743     Document Type: Article

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