Advances of dual source, dual-energy imaging in postmortem CT

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 446-455

  Persson, Anders ^a   Jackowski, Christian ^a,b   Engström, Elias ^a   Zachrisson, Helene ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dual energy CT; Postmortem CT; Virtual autopsy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; DUAL ENERGIES; DUAL SOURCES; DUAL-ENERGY CT; NEW DIMENSIONS; POSTMORTEM CT; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATIONS; VIRTUAL AUTOPSY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY;

ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE RESECTION; CALCIFICATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREIGN BODY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

AUTOPSY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 56349126803     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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