The impact of acquisition angular range on the z-resolution of radiographic tomosynthesis

International Congress Series

Volumn 1268, Issue C, 2004, Pages 13-18

  Li, Baojun ^a   Avinash, Gopal B ^a   Uppaluri, Renuka ^a   Eberhard, Jeffrey W ^b   Claus, Bernhard E H ^b  

^a GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Angular range; Image quality; Tomosynthesis; Z resolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 85022990211     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2004.03.298     Document Type: Article

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