An auxiliary CT tabletop for radiography at the time of CT

Authors
McCollough, CH Daly, TR King, BF LeRoy, AJ
Citation
Ch. Mccollough et al., An auxiliary CT tabletop for radiography at the time of CT, J COMPUT AS, 25(6), 2001, pp. 876-880
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology ,Nuclear Medicine & Imaging","Medical Research Diagnosis & Treatment
Journal title
JOURNAL OF COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY
ISSN journal
03638715 → ACNP
Volume
25
Issue
6
Year of publication
2001
Pages
876 - 880
Database
ISI
SICI code
0363-8715(200111/12)25:6<876:AACTFR>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
An auxiliary CT tabletop was designed and manufactured such that radiograph ic images might be acquired, with use of a ceiling-mounted X-ray tube, with out removing the patient from the CT table. The tabletop required no modifi cations to the original CT table housing and did not produce artifacts in t he CT images. Radiographs obtained with the overhead X-ray tube and auxilia ry tabletop demonstrated image quality equivalent to traditional radiograph s.