Chest tomosynthesis: Technical principles and clinical update

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 244-251

  Dobbins III, James T ^a,b   McAdams, H Page ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest radiography; Pulmonary nodules; Tomosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY NUMBER; CHEST IMAGING; CHEST RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEPTH RESOLUTION; DIGITAL TOMOSYNTHESIS; FLAT-PANEL DETECTORS; HUMAN SUBJECTS; IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES; LOWER COST; LUNG NODULE; LUNG NODULE DETECTION; NODULE DETECTION; NORMAL ANATOMY; NORMAL STRUCTURE; PULMONARY NODULES; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUE; RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS; SECTION IMAGE; SINGLE PASS; TECHNICAL PRINCIPLE; TOMOGRAPHIC; TOMOSYNTHESIS; VISUAL CLUTTER;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DETECTORS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; RADIOLOGY; X RAY TUBES;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

AIRWAY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CHEST TOMOSYNTHESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; LUNG NODULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SPINE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VISIBILITY;

EUROPE; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 71849086801     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.05.054     Document Type: Article

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