Regional variance of visually lossless threshold in compressed chest CT images: Lung versus mediastinum and chest wall

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 483-488

  Kim, Tae Jung ^a,b   Lee, Kyoung Ho ^a,b   Kim, Bohyoung ^a,b   Kim, Kil Joong ^a,b   Chun, Eun Ju ^a,b   Bajpai, Vasundhara ^a,b   Kim, Young Hoon ^a,b   Hahn, Seokyung ^b,c   Lee, Kyung Won ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

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

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chest CT; Image compression; Lung; Mediastinum and chest wall; Regional variance; Visually lossless threshold

Indexed keywords

CHEST CT; LUNG; MEDIASTINUM AND CHEST WALL; REGIONAL VARIANCE; VISUALLY LOSSLESS THRESHOLD;

COMPACTION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA COMPRESSION; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; IMAGE COMPRESSION;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG MECHANICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX WALL; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COMPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; LUNG; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC WALL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62849123599     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.11.035     Document Type: Article

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