Dosimetric assessment of a novel metal artifact reduction method in CT images

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 299-304

  Spadea, Maria F ^a   Verburg, Joost ^b   Baroni, Guido ^c,d   Seco, Joao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d Centro Nazionale Adroterapia Oncologica CNAO   (Italy)

Author keywords

CT; Dose inaccuracies; IMRT; Metal artifact reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873533236     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v14i1.4027     Document Type: Article

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