Evaluation of a continuous-rotation, high-speed scanning protocol for micro-computed tomography

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 517-523

  Kerl, Hans Ulrich ^a   Isaza, Cristina T ^a   Boll, Hanne ^a   Schambach, Sebastian J ^a   Nolte, Ingo S ^a   Groden, Christoph ^a   Brockmann, Marc A ^a  

^a MEDICAL FACULTY MANNHEIM HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

continuous rotation; high speed; Micro CT; scanning protocol; step and shoot

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; SCANNING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

CONTINUOUS ROTATION; DISCRIMINABILITY; HIGH SPEED; HIGH SPEED SCANNING; IN-VIVO; MICRO CT; SCAN TIME; SCANNING PROTOCOL; STEP-AND-SHOOT; VOLUMETRICS;

ROTATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RAT; ROTATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 80051508452     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31821c662b     Document Type: Article

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