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Publikováno v:
Medical Physics. 42:6572-6578
Purpose: This technical note quantifies the dose and image quality performance of a clinically available organ-dose-based tube current modulation (ODM) technique, using experimental and simulation phantom studies. The investigated ODM implementation
Autor:
Rowland Frederick Saunders, Grant M. Stevens, Norbert J. Pelc, John A. Rowlands, Zhifei Wen, Rebecca Fahrig, G. DeCrescenzo, Arundhuti Ganguly
Publikováno v:
Medical Physics. 32:1775-1784
Minimally invasive procedures are increasing in variety and frequency, facilitated by advances in imaging technology. Our hybrid imaging system (GE Apollo{sup TM} flat panel, custom Brand x-ray static anode x-ray tube, GE Lunar high-frequency power s
Autor:
Christopher F. Beaulieu, Robyn L. Birdwell, Grant M. Stevens, Debra M. Ikeda, Norbert J. Pelc
Publikováno v:
Radiology. 228:569-575
Phantom and in vitro studies were performed to evaluate the potential application of digital circular tomosynthesis in imaging of the breast and upper cervical spine. A prototype volumetric x-ray system was used to image a mammographic phantom, a fre
Publikováno v:
Medical Physics. 28:1472-1481
A test-bed system has been developed for imaging phantoms with tomosynthesis and volumetric computed tomography. This system incorporates an amorphous silicon flat panel detector on a movable gantry and a computer-controlled rotational positioning st
Autor:
Zhifei Wen, Bruce L. Daniel, John Stanton, Rowland Frederick Saunders, Kim Butts, Grant M. Stevens, John A. Rowlands, Norbert J. Pelc, David L. Ergun, Rebecca Fahrig
Publikováno v:
Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 13:294-300
A system enabling both x-ray fluoroscopy and MRI in a single exam, without requiring patient repositioning, would be a powerful tool for image-guided interventions. We studied the technical issues related to acquisition of x-ray images inside an open
Autor:
Norbert J. Pelc, Grant M. Stevens
Publikováno v:
Medical Physics. 27:1174-1184
A new energy-dependent multi-cell detector, which is a generalization of the conventional front-back detector, was studied using computer simulations. The noise performance of the detector for bone quantitation was examined in comparison to an ideal
Autor:
R Singh, Grant M. Stevens
Publikováno v:
Medical Physics. 41:139-140
Purpose: To design an approach to optimize radiation dose and image quality for pediatric CT imaging, and to evaluate expected performance. Methods: A methodology was designed to quantify relative image quality as a function of CT image acquisition p
Publikováno v:
Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (Cat. No.00CH37143).
An ideal imaging technique for lung nodule screening would allow the visualization of small nodules within a complex anatomical background, use a low radiation dose technique, acquire images in
Publikováno v:
Medical physics. 28(3)
A filtering technique has been developed to modify the three-dimensional impulse response of circular motion tomosynthesis to allow the generation of images whose appearance is like those of some other imaging geometries. In particular, this techniqu
Publikováno v:
Medical Physics. 40:121905
Purpose: This study investigated the effects of tilted-gantry acquisition on image noise and glandular breast dose in females during cardiac computed tomography (CT) scans. Reducing the dose to glandular breast tissue is important due to its high rad