Full field image reconstruction is suitable for high-pitch dual-source computed tomography

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 642-648

  Mahnken, Andreas H ^a,b   Allmendinger, Thomas ^c   Sedlmair, Martin ^c   Tamm, Miriam ^b   Reinartz, Sebastian D ^a   Flohr, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

computed tomography; dual source CT; field of view; high pitch; image reconstruction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH PITCH DUAL SOURCE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; PATIENT CODING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGIST;

EID: 84867252052     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e31826531ce     Document Type: Article

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