Nonlinear three-dimensional noise filter with low-dose CT angiography: Effect on the detection of small high-contrast objects in a phantom model

Radiology

Volumn 258, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 261-269

  Szucs Farkas, Zsolt ^a   Bensler, Susanne ^a   Torrente, Jaled Charimo ^a   Cullmann, Jennifer L ^a   Vock, Peter ^a   Schindera, Sebastian T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; ENDOLEAK; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NOISE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTIC ANEURYSM; ENDOLEAK; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78650601105     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.10100760     Document Type: Article

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