Comparison of patient size-based methods for estimating quantum noise in CT images of the lung

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 541-546

  Li, Xiang ^a   Samei, Ehsan ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Lung; Noise; Patient size

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; QUANTUM NOISE;

GOLD STANDARDS; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; LUNG; NOISE; NOISE ESTIMATES; NOISE VARIATIONS; PATIENT SIZE; WATER EQUIVALENT;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOLD STANDARD; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; LUNG VOLUME; NOISE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 59249102780     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3058482     Document Type: Article

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