Evaluation of image quality for different kV cone-beam CT acquisition and reconstruction methods in the head and neck region

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 908-917

  Elstrøm, Ulrik V ^a   Muren, Ludvig P ^a   Petersen, Jørgen B B ^a   Grau, Cai ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEAD; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; NECK; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAD; HUMANS; NECK; PELVIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 79960502744     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2011.590525     Document Type: Conference Paper

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