Improvement of image quality of multislice spiral CT scans of the head and neck region using a raw data-based multidimensional adaptive filtering (MAF) technique

European Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1873-1881

  Baum, Ulrich ^a   Anders, Katharina ^a   Steinbichler, Gregor ^a   Lell, Michael ^a   Greess, Holger ^a   Riedel, Thomas ^a   Kachelrieß, Marc ^a   Kalender, Willi A ^a   Bautz, Werner A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artifact; Computed tomography; Head and neck neoplasms; Image quality; Multidetector row; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NOISE REDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IOHEXOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NECK MUSCLES; SPINAL CANAL; THYROID GLAND; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 6344277475     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-004-2403-4     Document Type: Article

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