An automated method for comparing motion artifacts in cine four-dimensional computed tomography images

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 170-180

  Cui, Guoqiang ^a   Jew, Brian ^a   Hong, Julian C ^a   Johnston, Eric W ^a   Loo, Billy W ^a   Maxim, Peter G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Four dimensional computed tomography; Image similarity; Motion artifacts; Normalized correlation coefficient

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873553798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v13i6.3838     Document Type: Article

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