Population of anatomically variable 4D XCAT adult phantoms for imaging research and optimization

Medical Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Segars, W P ^a   Bond, Jason ^a   Frush, Jack ^a   Hon, Sylvia ^a   Eckersley, Chris ^a   Williams, Cameron H ^a   Feng, Jianqiao ^b   Tward, Daniel J ^b   Ratnanather, J T ^b   Miller, M I ^b   Frush, D ^a   Samei, E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

computer phantom; CT; medical imaging simulation; MRI; PET; SPECT; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFORMAL MAPPING; HEART; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

COMPUTATIONAL PHANTOM; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY DATA; COMPUTER PHANTOM; LARGE DEFORMATION DIFFEOMORPHIC METRIC MAPPINGS; MEDICAL IMAGING SIMULATION; MULTI-MODALITY IMAGING; NONUNIFORM RATIONAL B-SPLINE SURFACES; SPECT;

PHANTOMS;

ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXTENDED CARDIAC TORSO; FEMALE; HEART; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING PHANTOM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRUNK; ADULT; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FOUR DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84876174995     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4794178     Document Type: Article

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