Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 8 , Pages 858-867 , October 2007

Development of a synthetic phantom for the selection of optimal scanning parameters in CAD–CT colonography

  • Tarik A. Chowdhury

      Affiliations

    • Vision Systems Group, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +353 17007636; fax: +353 17005508.
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  • Paul F. Whelan

      Affiliations

    • Vision Systems Group, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland
    • ,
  • Ovidiu Ghita

      Affiliations

    • Vision Systems Group, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland
    • ,
  • Nicolas Sezille

      Affiliations

    • Vision Systems Group, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland
    • ,
  • Shane Foley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin 7, Ireland

Received 17 August 2005 ,Revised 13 September 2006 ,Accepted 19 September 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.09.005

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