Noise analysis and noise reduction for low-dose CT sonogram

Guangdianzi Jiguang/Journal of Optoelectronics Laser

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1073-1078

  Zhang, Yuan Ke ^a   Zhang, Jun Ying ^a   Lu, Hong Bing ^b  

^a XI'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Isolated datum; Low dose CT; Maximum a posterior(MAP); Noise reduction

Indexed keywords

CT PROTOCOL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; LOW DOSE; LOW-DOSE CT; MAP ESTIMATION; MAXIMUM A POSTERIORS; NOISE ANALYSIS; NOISE REDUCTIONS; NONSTATIONARY; PROJECTION DATA;

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77955014160     PISSN: 10050086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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