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Advances in physiologic lung assessment via electron beam computed tomography
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Advances in physiologic lung assessment via electron beam computed tomography

E.A Hoffman
Proceedings Pacific Medical Technology Symposium-PACMEDTek. Transcending Time, Distance and Structural Barriers (Cat. No.98EX211), Vol.1998-, pp.96-108
1998
DOI: 10.1109/PACMED.1998.767935

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Abstract

Commercially available CT scanners are capable of volumetric data acquisition in a breath-hold, and electron beam CT is capable of stop-action imaging of the heart and lungs in a single or a few slices. Static, volumetric imaging of the lung is inadequate in that much of lung pathology is a dynamic phenomenon and, thus, is only detectable if the lung is imaged as air and blood are flowing. There remains the requirement for an X-ray CT scanner with the capability of obtaining 1 mm contiguous sections spanning the apical to basal extent of the lung with, ideally, 15 line pairs per centimeter resolution and a 50 msec scan aperture for a full volumetric compliment of sections. This paper presents our laboratory's current state-of-the-art in dynamic CT imaging with a look to the future.
Apertures Blood Computed tomography Data acquisition Electron beams Heart Lungs Optical imaging Pathology X-ray imaging

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