Open AccessImprovement of metallic artifacts in computed tomography in the absence of artifact reduction algorithms for spinal treatment planning applications
Author(s) -
Marjan Alinejad,
Amir Pourmoghaddas,
Alireza Amouheidari,
Parvaneh Shokrani
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_1446_16
Subject(s) - artifact (error) , imaging phantom , torso , image quality , radiation treatment planning , computer science , reduction (mathematics) , tomography , nuclear medicine , hounsfield scale , biomedical engineering , algorithm , artificial intelligence , computed tomography , image (mathematics) , medicine , mathematics , radiology , radiation therapy , geometry , anatomy
The goal of this research was to investigate if application of optimized imaging parameters, recommended in literature, would be effective in producing the image quality required for treatment planning of spinal radiation fields with metallic implants.