Evaluation of Clinical Availability for Shoulder Forced Traction Method to Minimize the Beam Hardening Artifact in Cervical-spine Computed Tomography (CT)
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Kim, Moonjeung
(Department of Radiological Science, Dongeui University)
Cho, Wonjin (Department of Radiological Science, Dongeui University) Kang, Suyeon (Department of Radiological Science, Dongeui University) Lee, Wonseok (Department of Radiological Science, Dongeui University) Park, Jinwoo (Department of Radiological Science, Dongeui University) Yu, Yunsik (Department of Radiological Science, Dongeui University) Im, Inchul (Department of Radiological Science, Dongeui University) Lee, Jaeseung (Department of Radiological Science, Dongeui University) Kim, Hyeonjin (Department of Radiology, Good Samsun Hospital) Kwak, Byungjoon (Department of Public Health, Daegu Hanny University) |
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