Imaging of patients having metal implant using X-ray Computed Tomography

Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 355-365

  Liu, Julian J ^a   Lutkin, John E ^a  

^a ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Computed tomography; Forward modelling; Metal artefact reduction; Noise reduction; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ARTEFACT REDUCTION; BEAM HARDENING; BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CT SCANNERS; EXISTING METHOD; FEMORAL COMPONENT; FORWARD MODELLING; LIGHTSPEED; METAL IMPLANTS; NOISE REDUCTIONS; WAVELET DOMAIN; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY CT SCANNER;

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HARDENING; IMAGE QUALITY; REPAIR; SCANNING;

METALS;

METAL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMUR; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RADIOGRAPHY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; FEMUR; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; METALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 74949099949     PISSN: 08953996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/XST-2009-0235     Document Type: Article

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