INVIVO TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION USING QUANTITATIVE COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY - A REVIEW

被引:9
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CRAWLEY, EO
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[1] Health Professional Group, Welsh Office, Cardiff, CF1 3NQ, Cathays Park
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10.3109/03091909009015430
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R318 [生物医学工程];
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0831 [生物医学工程];
摘要
Over the past 15 years many attempts have been made to make use of the quantitative information contained within computed tomography (CT) scanner images. A survey of the various approaches to quantitative computed tomography (QCT) is reported. The technical limitations of QCT are discussed. It is concluded that the measurement of bone mineral content is currently the only clinically well-established QCT technique.
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