High-resolution computed tomography with 16-row MDCT: A comparison regarding visibility and motion artifacts of dose-modulated thin slices and "step and shoot" images

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 755-760

  Vikgren, J ^a   Johnsson, A A ^b   Flinck, A ^b   Kheddache, S ^b   Milde, H ^b   Bath M ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CT technique; High resolution CT; Lung structures; Thorax

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; HEALTH; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; MODULATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SIGNAL RECONSTRUCTION; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); TOMOGRAPHY; VISIBILITY;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CT TECHNIQUE; DOSE MODULATION; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HIGH-RESOLUTION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HIGH-RESOLUTION CT; LUNG STRUCTURES; MOTION ARTIFACTS; RADIATION DOSE; RAW DATA; SIMULTANEOUS RECONSTRUCTION; TECHNICAL DATA; THORAX;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 50149096626     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850802078128     Document Type: Article

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