Computed tomography of the lungs : AA step into the fourth dimension;Computertomographie der Lunge: Ein Schritt in die Vierte Dimension

Radiologe

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 698-704

  Dinkel, J ^a   Hintze, C ^a   Rochet, N ^b   Thieke, C ^a   Biederer, J ^c  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

4D CT; Lungs; Planning CT; Respiratory gating

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BREATHING MECHANICS; BREATHING PATTERN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG TUMOR; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RESPIRATORY-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 69249093869     PISSN: 0033832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00117-009-1879-y     Document Type: Article

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