Development and validation of a low dose simulator for computed tomography

European Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 958-966

  Joemai, R M S ^a   Geleijns, J ^a   Veldkamp, W J H ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Computer simulation; Noise; Physics; Radiation; X ray

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; IMAGE QUALITY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SIMULATOR; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77952092192     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-009-1617-x     Document Type: Article

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