Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Review

Computed Tomography

Oliver Taubmann  1 , Martin Berger  1 , Marco Bögel  1 , Yan Xia  1 , Michael Balda  1 , Andreas Maier  1
Andreas Maier  1 , Stefan Steidl  1 , Vincent Christlein  1 , Joachim Hornegger  1
, editors.
In: Medical Imaging Systems: An Introductory Guide [Internet]. Cham (CH): Springer; 2018. Chapter 8.
.
Affiliations
Free Books & Documents
Review

Computed Tomography

Oliver Taubmann et al.
Free Books & Documents

Excerpt

CT is doubtlessly one of the most important technologies in medical imaging and offers us views inside the human body that are as valuable to physicians as they are fascinating (cf. Fig. 8.1).

PubMed Disclaimer

References

    1. Balda M.. Quantitative Computed Tomography. PhD thesis, Friedrich-Alexander-Universit¨at Erlangen-Nürnberg, 2011.
    1. Berger Martin et al.. “Marker-free motion correction in weight-bearing cone-beam CT of the knee joint”. In: Medical Physics 43.3 (2016), pp. 1235–1248. doi: 10.1118/1.4941012. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Buzug T. M.. Computed Tomography: From Photon Statistics to Modern Cone-Beam CT. Springer, 2008. isbn: 9783540394082.
    1. Dennerlein Frank and Maier Andreas. “Approximate truncation robust computed tomography - ATRACT”. In: Physics in Medicine and Bioloagy 58.17 (2013), pp. 6133–6148. doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/17/6133. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Hornegger Joachim, Maier Andreas, and Kowarschik Markus. “CT Image Reconstruction Basics”. In: MR and CT Perfusion and Pharmacokinetic Imaging: Clinical Applications and Theoretical Principles. Ed. by Bammer Roland. 1st ed. Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands, 2016, pp. 01–09. isbn: 9781451147155.

LinkOut - more resources