Image fusion in dual energy computed tomography for detection of various anatomic structures - Effect on contrast enhancement, contrast-to-noise ratio, signal-to-noise ratio and image quality

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 612-619

  Paul, Jijo ^a,b   Bauer, Ralf W ^a   Maentele, Werner ^b   Vogl, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast to noise ratio (CNR); Dual energy fusion; Dual source CT (DSCT); Image quality

Indexed keywords

IOMEPROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BODY FAT; BONE MARROW; BRAIN; CALCULATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE FUSION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPINAL CORD; STUDENT T TEST; THYROID GLAND; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80053642382     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.02.023     Document Type: Article

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