Metal artifact reduction by the alteration of technical factors in multidetector computed tomography: A 3-Dimensional quantitative assessment

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 630-633

  Moon, Sung Gyu ^a,b   Hong, Sung Hwan ^a,c   Choi, Ja Young ^a   Jun, Woo Sun ^a   Kang, Hyun Guy ^a   Kim, Han Soo ^a   Kang, Heung Sik ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

3D; Artifacts; CT; Metal artifacts; Technical factors

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; METALS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; TOMOGRAPHY;

3-DIMENSIONAL; ARTIFACT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; IMAGING SOFTWARE; METAL ARTIFACT REDUCTION; METAL ARTIFACTS; MULTIDETECTOR CT; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SLICE THICKNESS; TECHNICAL FACTORS;

SCREWS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; METAL IMPLANTATION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SWINE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ANIMAL; ARTIFACT; BONE SCREW; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RADIOGRAPHY; THIGH;

METAL;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; BONE SCREWS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; METALS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SWINE; THIGH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 49949096845     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e3181568b27     Document Type: Article

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