Metal artifact reduction by dual energy computed tomography using monoenergetic extrapolation

European Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1424-1429

  Bamberg, Fabian ^a   Dierks, Alexander ^a   Nikolaou, Konstantin ^a   Reiser, Maximilian F ^a   Becker, Christoph R ^a   Johnson, Thorsten R C ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Dual energy CT; Metal artifacts; Quanta extrapolation

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENERGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METAL IMPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ARTIFACTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79959376217     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-011-2062-1     Document Type: Article

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