A low-cost fiducial reference phantom for computed tomography

Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 335-340

  Levine, Zachary H ^a   Grantham, Steven ^a   Sawyer IV, Daniel S ^a   Reeves, Anthony P ^b   Yankelevitz, David F ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Centroid; Coordinate measuring machine; Dimensional reference; Medical phantom; Second moment tensor; Tomography

Indexed keywords

COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINES; MEDICAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY;

CENTROID; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES; DIMENSIONAL REFERENCE; MECHANICAL METHODS; MEDICAL PHANTOM; MICRO-COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; SECOND MOMENT TENSOR; X-RAY PROPERTIES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 59049085293     PISSN: 1044677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6028/jres.113.027     Document Type: Article

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