Reduction of patient motion artifacts in digital subtraction angiography: evaluation of a fast and fully automatic technique.
The performance of an automatic technique for the reduction of patient motion artifacts in digital subtraction angiography was evaluated. Four observers assessed the quality of 104 cerebral digital subtraction angiographic images that were processed by means of both the automatic technique and manual pixel shifting. The automatic technique resulted in better image quality and was considerably less time-consuming.
Image Sciences Institute, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands. erik.meijering@epfl.ch
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Meijering
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Niessen
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Bakker
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van Der Molen
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de Kort
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Mali
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Viergever
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000465:Algorithms; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction / Q000379:methods*; D016477:Artifacts; D002533:Cerebral Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity