Systematic scanner variability of patient CT attenuation measurements

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7258, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Judy, Philip F ^a   Nawfel, Richard D ^a   Silverman, Stuart G ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

COPD; CT number consistency; Cyst; Liver; Spleen

Indexed keywords

LIVER; MEDICAL IMAGING; PULMONARY DISEASES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SCANNING;

ATTENUATION MEASUREMENTS; COPD; CYST; IMAGE SECTION; PATIENT SIZE; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; SLICE THICKNESS; SPLEEN;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 66749192788     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.810750     Document Type: Conference Paper

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