Image quality evaluation for a robot-driven C-arm CT system

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 394-397

  Prell, D ^a   Kyriakou, Y ^a   Kalender, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

C arm CT; FD CT; Image quality; Low contrast; Robot driven

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DIAGNOSIS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; MEDICAL PHYSICS; PIXELS; QUALITY CONTROL; ROBOTIC ARMS;

ACQUISITION MODES; CONTRAST EVALUATION; IMAGE QUALITY EVALUATION; LOW CONTRAST; MAXIMUM RESOLUTION; STANDARD DEVIATION; STATE OF THE ART; THREE DIMENSIONS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77950879926     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03879-2_112     Document Type: Conference Paper

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