A dedicated cone-beam CT system for musculoskeletal extremities imaging: Design, optimization, and initial performance characterization

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 4700-4713

  Zbijewski, W ^a   De Jean, P ^a   Prakash, P ^a   Ding, Y ^a   Stayman, J W ^a   Packard, N ^b   Senn, R ^b   Yang, D ^b   Yorkston, J ^b   MacHado, A ^c   Carrino, J A ^c   Siewerdsen, J H ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b CARESTREAM HEALTH INC   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cascaded system analysis; cone beam CT; extremities imaging; flat panel detector; musculoskeletal radiology; orthopaedics; rheumatology; system optimization; weight bearing imaging

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; ELECTRON SOURCES; FLAT PANEL DISPLAYS; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; ORTHOPEDICS; PHASE SHIFT KEYING; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOLOGY; SCANNING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TISSUE; X RAY APPARATUS; X RAY DETECTORS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

CASCADED SYSTEM; CONE-BEAM CT; EXTREMITIES IMAGING; FLAT PANEL DETECTORS; MUSCULOSKELETAL RADIOLOGIES; RHEUMATOLOGY; SYSTEM OPTIMIZATIONS; WEIGHT BEARING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79961097997     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3611039     Document Type: Article

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