Influence of x-ray pulse parameters on the image quality for moving objects in digital cardiac imaging

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2819-2825

  Guibelalde, Eduardo ^a   Vano, Eliseo ^a,b   Vaquero, Francisco ^c   González, Luciano ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c Phillips Iberica SA Med Syst   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cardiac imaging; Digital fluoroscopy; Image quality; Organ motion; Patient dose

Indexed keywords

FULL WIDTH AT HALF MAXIMUM; HEART; IMAGE QUALITY; OBJECT DETECTION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; X RAYS;

CARDIAC IMAGING; CLINICAL PARAMETERS; DIGITAL FLUOROSCOPY; ORGAN MOTION; PATIENT DOSE; RESOLUTION FUNCTION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; STATIC NON-LINEARITY;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

PLASTIC; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ARTICLE; DEVICE; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY; SAMPLING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; THICKNESS; VELOCITY; X RAY;

EID: 7244254278     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1790091     Document Type: Article

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