Metal artifact reduction by dual-energy computed tomography using energetic extrapolation: A systematically optimized protocol

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 406-414

  Meinel, Felix G ^a   Bischoff, Bernhard ^a   Zhang, Qiaowei ^b   Bamberg, Fabian ^a   Reiser, Maximilian F ^a   Johnson, Thorsten R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

dual energy CT; dual source CT; energetic extrapolation; metal artifacts; metal implants

Indexed keywords

STEEL; TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL SOURCE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; METAL IMPLANTATION; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROTATION;

EID: 84862130696     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e31824c86a3     Document Type: Article

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