Dose and image quality evaluation of a dedicated cone-beam CT system for high-contrast neurologic applications

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Yu, Lifeng ^a   Vrieze, Thomas J ^a   Bruesewitz, Michael R ^a   Kofler, James M ^a   DeLone, David R ^a   Pallanch, John F ^a   Lindell, E Paul ^a   McCollough, Cynthia H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone beam CT (CBCT); CT dosimetry; Image quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAD; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 76149134680     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.2951     Document Type: Article

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