Increasing the precision of CT measurements with dual-energy scanning

Radiology

Volumn 272, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 618-621

  Megibow, Alec J ^a   Chandarana, Hersh ^a   Hindman, Nicole M ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES, CYSTIC; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, DUAL-ENERGY SCANNED PROJECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84906875942     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.14141118     Document Type: Editorial

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