Computed tomographic metal artifact reduction for the detection and quantitation of small features near large metallic implants: A comparison of published methods

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 621-629

  Rinkel, Jean ^a   Dillon, William P ^a   Funk, Tobias ^a   Gould, Robert ^a,b   Prevrhal, Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aorta; Aortic; Computed tomography; CT; Grafts; Interventional procedures; Late phase imaging

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE FILTERING; ADAPTIVE FILTERS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HIP PROSTHESES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INTERPOLATION; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ANEURYSM; AORTA; AORTIC; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CT; INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES; LATE PHASE IMAGING; LINEAR INTERPOLATION; METAL ARTIFACT REDUCTION; PHASE IMAGING;

METALS;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BONE ATROPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METAL IMPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; ARTIFACT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

METAL;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; HIP PROSTHESIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; METALS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 49949095531     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e318149e215     Document Type: Article

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