Metal artifact reduction for CT: Development, implementation, and clinical comparison of a generic and a scanner-specific technique

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1125-1132

  Joemai, Raoul M S ^a   De Bruin, Paul W ^a   Veldkamp, Wouter J H ^a   Geleijns, Jacob ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

computed tomography; medical image processing; metal artifacts; prosthesis

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING; MEDICAL IMAGING; METALS; PROSTHETICS; SCANNING;

CLINICAL CT; CLINICAL IMAGES; CT SCANNERS; METAL ARTIFACT REDUCTION; METAL ARTIFACTS; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES; RADON TRANSFORMATIONS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84856959296     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3679863     Document Type: Article

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