Modification of the NEMA XR21-2000 cardiac phantom for testing of imaging systems used in endovascular image guided interventions

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7258, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Ionita, Ciprian N ^a,b   Dohatcu, A ^a,b   Jain, A ^a,b   Keleshis, C ^a,c   Hoffmann, K R ^a,b,c   Bednarek, D R ^a,b,c   Rudin, S ^a,b,c  

^a Toshiba Stroke Research Center   (United States)

^b Sch of Med and Biomedical Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac and neurovascular phantom; Digital angiography phantom; Digital subtracted angiography phantom; NEMA XR21

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM PLATES; CARDIAC AND NEUROVASCULAR PHANTOM; CARDIAC APPLICATIONS; CARDIAC PHANTOM; DIGITAL ANGIOGRAPHY PHANTOM; DIGITAL SUBTRACTED ANGIOGRAPHY PHANTOM; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR; FLAT PANEL; HUMAN ANATOMY; IMAGE-GUIDED INTERVENTION; IODINE CONCENTRATION; LOWER COST; MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS; NEMA XR21; STANDARD TESTS; X RAY IMAGING SYSTEM;

ALUMINA; ANALOG DIFFERENTIAL ANALYZERS; ANGIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT TESTING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; IODINE; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); QUALITY ASSURANCE; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 66749167156     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.813533     Document Type: Conference Paper

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