Effect of mid-scan breathing changes on quality of 4DCT using a commercial phase-based sorting algorithm

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2430-2438

  Noel, Camille E ^a   Parikh, Parag J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

4DCT; artifacts; gating; respiratory motion

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PATIENT MONITORING; SPHERES;

4DCT; ARTIFACTS; BREATHING PATTERNS; GATING; GEOMETRIC DISTORTION; RESPIRATORY MOTIONS; RESPIRATORY PHASIS; RESPIRATORY SURROGATES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ISRAEL TURKEY MENINGOENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS;

EID: 79959569448     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3574872     Document Type: Article

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