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Image Contour Spread in Computed Tomography

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Problems of image contour spread in roentgenology are well known. They concern the influence of different apparatus, X-ray, photo, and optical parameters on the image unsharpness and on the corresponding spatial resolution [3, 14]. In conventional roentgenology, there exist different methods for decrease in image unsharpness that is, decrease in their contour spread. This fact, combined with the specific features of the X-ray image, causes spread width (the transition layer width between the images of two contiguous structures) to be normally below 1 mm, this having no substantial effect on diagnostical interpretation.

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  1. Department of Roentgenology, Higher Medical Institute—Plovdiv, boul. V. Aprilov 15, 4000, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

    S. Tabakoff

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  1. Dienst Radiologie, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Universitaire Ziekenhuizen Gasthuisberg, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium

    A. L. Baert

  2. Radiologisches Institut, Katharinenhospital, Stuttgart, Germany

    F. H. W. Heuck (Director emeritus) (Director emeritus)

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Tabakoff, S. (1991). Image Contour Spread in Computed Tomography. In: Baert, A.L., Heuck, F.H.W. (eds) Frontiers in European Radiology. Frontiers in European Radiology, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76099-0_8

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