Computed Tomography quality indexes: Evaluation experience

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7258, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Strocchi, Sabina ^a   Vite, Cristina ^a   Novario, Raffaele ^b   Cacciatori, Marco ^c   Frigerio, Giovanna ^c   Conte, Leopoldo ^b  

^a OSPEDALE DI CIRCOLO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^c SANT ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Multislice CT; Quality index

Indexed keywords

ACQUISITION PROCESS; ACQUISITION PROTOCOLS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CT IMAGE; FIGURES OF MERITS; IMAGE QUALITY PARAMETERS; LOW CONTRAST; MODULATION SYSTEMS; MULTISLICE CT; PHANTOM IMAGES; QUALITY INDEX; QUALITY INDICES; RADIATION DOSE; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGE QUALITY; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; QUALITY CONTROL; TOMOGRAPHY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 66749146209     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.811501     Document Type: Conference Paper

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