A comparison of noise and dose in conventional and energy selective computed tomography

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1979, Pages 2853-2856

  Alvarez, Robert ^b   Seppi, Edward ^a  

^a VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

X-RAYS - IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

TOMOGRAPHY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0018457733     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.1979.4330549     Document Type: Article

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