An accurate method for direct dual-energy calibration and decomposition

Medical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 327-341

  Cardinal, H Neale ^a   Fenster, Aaron ^a  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

digital radiography; dual energy; least squares; noise; quantitative imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; HUMAN; RADIOGRAPHY, DUAL-ENERGY SCANNED PROJECTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0025324060     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.596512     Document Type: Article

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