Influence of multiplanar reformations on low-contrast performance in thin-collimated multidetector computed tomography

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 632-638

  Von Falck, Christian ^a   Hollmann, Patrick ^a   Rodt, Thomas ^a   Waldeck, Stephan ^b   Meyer, Bernhard ^a   Wacker, Frank ^a   Shin, Hoen Oh ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b BUNDESWEHRZENTRALKRANKENHAUS KOBLENZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Low contrast detectability; Multiplanar reformations; Sliding thin slab

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORONAL REFORMATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THIN COLLIMATED MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 80052502168     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e31821e3080     Document Type: Article

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