What is inverse-geometry CT?

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 145-148

  Schmidt, Taly Gilat ^a  

^a Medical College of Wisconsin and Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

CT systems; Inverse geometry; Volumetric CT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FRACTIONATION; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INVERSE GEOMETRY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; X RAY;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79958264150     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: 1876861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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