Dual-energy (spectral) CT: Applications in abdominal imaging

Radiographics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1031-1046

  Silva, Alvin C ^a   Morse, Brian G ^b   Hara, Amy K ^a   Paden, Robert G ^a   Hongo, Norio ^c   Pavlicek, William ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79960509701     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.314105159     Document Type: Article

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