Correction for beam hardening artefacts in computerised tomography

Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-93

  Hammersberg, Peter ^a   Mångård, Måns ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Artefacts; Beam hardening; Computerised tomography

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012032351     PISSN: 08953996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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