Quantitative analysis of motion artifacts in high-pitch dual-source computed tomography of the thorax

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 382-386

  Schulz, Boris ^a   Jacobi, Volkmar ^a   Beeres, Martin ^a   Bodelle, Boris ^a   Gruber, Tatjana ^a   Lee, Clara ^a   Bauer, Ralf ^a   Kerl, Matthias ^a   Vogl, Thomas ^a   Zangos, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

computed tomography; dual source; high pitch mode; motion artifacts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASCENDING AORTA; BREATH HOLDING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHRAGM MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HEART MOVEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THORAX EXAMINATION;

ARTIFACTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RESPIRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORAX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84868303687     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: 15360237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e3182575729     Document Type: Article

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