Influence of pixel size on quantification of airway wall thickness in computed tomography

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 725-730

  Achenbach, Tobias ^a   Weinheimer, Oliver ^a   Dueber, Christoph ^a   Heussel, Claus Peter ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airway; Computed tomography; Quantification

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; FULL WIDTH AT HALF MAXIMUM; IMAGE RESOLUTION; PIXELS; TOMOGRAPHY;

AIRWAY WALLS; AUTOMATIC QUANTIFICATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FULL WIDTHS AT HALF MAXIMUMS; PHANTOMS; PIXEL SPACING; QUANTIFICATION; RELATIVE ERRORS; VOXEL SIZE; WALL THICKNESS;

PHANTOMS;

AIRWAY; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; THICKNESS;

EID: 70349741308     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e318190699a     Document Type: Article

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