European Journal of Radiology
Volume 74, Issue 3 , Pages e144-e148 , June 2010

How many CT detector rows are necessary to perform adequate three dimensional visualization?

  • Lars Fischer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of General and Transplantation Surgery, University of Heidelberg, INF 110, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. Tel.: +49 6221 5639493; fax: +49 6221 566161.
    • ,
  • Ralf Tetzlaff

      Affiliations

    • DKFZ Heidelberg, Germany
    • ,
  • Max Schöbinger

      Affiliations

    • DKFZ Heidelberg, Germany
    • ,
  • Boris Radeleff

      Affiliations

    • Department of Interventional and Diagnostic Radiology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
    • ,
  • Thomas Bruckner

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Medical Biometry and Informatics, Heidelberg, Germany
    • ,
  • H.P. Meinzer

      Affiliations

    • DKFZ Heidelberg, Germany
    • ,
  • M.W. Büchler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Germany
    • ,
  • Peter Schemmer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Received 22 November 2008 ,Accepted 18 May 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.05.033

European Journal of Radiology
Volume 74, Issue 3 , Pages e144-e148 , June 2010

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