Volume-of-interest (VOI) imaging in C-arm flat-detector CT for high image quality at reduced dose

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2719-2730

  Kolditz, Daniel ^a   Kyriakou, Yiannis ^a   Kalender, Willi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

C arm CT; Dose; Flat detector CT (FDCT); Image quality; Volume of interest (VOI) imaging

Indexed keywords

IMAGE QUALITY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHANTOMS; ROBOTIC ARMS;

COMBINATION METHOD; DOSE; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; FELDKAMP-TYPE ALGORITHMS; FLAT DETECTORS; HIGH IMAGE QUALITY; REALISTIC APPLICATIONS; VOLUME OF INTEREST;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77953527084     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3427641     Document Type: Article

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