Post-processing applications in thoracic computed tomography

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 433-448

  Walsh, S L F ^a   Nair, A ^b   Hansell, D M ^b  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ALGORITHM; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DUAL ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG BLOOD VOLUME; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LUNG VENTILATION; MORTALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NOISE REDUCTION; PERFUSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REVIEW; SINGLE ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84876134959     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: 1365229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2012.05.018     Document Type: Review

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