Feasibility study of a synchronized-moving-grid (SMOG) system to improve image quality in cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT)

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 5099-5110

  Ren, Lei ^a   Yin, Fang Fang ^a   Chetty, Indrin J ^b   Jaffray, David A ^c   Jin, Jian Yue ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

cone beam computed tomography (CBCT); image lag correction; imaging dose; scatter correction; scatter reduction

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; PHANTOMS; SYNCHRONIZATION;

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IMAGE LAGS; IMAGING DOSE; PARTIAL PROJECTION; SCATTER CORRECTION; SIMULATION STUDIES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84864674206     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4736826     Document Type: Article

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