Influence of detector collimation on SNR in four different MDCT scanners using a reconstructed slice thickness of 5 mm

European Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1866-1872

  Verdun, Francis R ^a   Noel, A ^b   Meuli, R ^c   Pachoud, M ^a   Monnin, P ^a   Valley, J F ^a   Schnyder, P ^c   Denys, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Centre A Vautrin   (France)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CT; Dose reduction; Dosimetry; Image quality; Optimization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FILTER; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARTIFACTS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 6344253334     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-004-2420-3     Document Type: Article

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