Changes realized from extended bit-depth and metal artifact reduction in CT

Medical Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Glide Hurst, C ^a   Chen, D ^a   Zhong, H ^a   Chetty, I J ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

computed tomography; dose calculation; metal artifact reduction

Indexed keywords

BONE; CONNECTING RODS; CURVE FITTING; DISEASES; DOSIMETRY; HIP PROSTHESES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; METAL ANALYSIS; METALS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHANTOMS; STAINLESS STEEL; UROLOGY;

ABSOLUTE DIFFERENCE; ANALYTIC ALGORITHM; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; METAL ARTIFACT REDUCTION; STAINLESS STEEL INSERTS; SUBSTANTIAL ERRORS; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

METAL; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON; FILM DOSIMETER; HIP PROSTHESIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING PHANTOM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; ALGORITHM; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EQUIPMENT; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; DEVICES; PROCEDURES;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; METALS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84878901749     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4805102     Document Type: Article

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