CT Image Correction for Beam Hardening Using Simulated Projection Data

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 1520-1524

  Meagher, J M ^a   Mote, C D ^b   Skinner, H B ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE PROCESSING--RECONSTRUCTION; X-RAYS--ATTENUATION;

BEAM HARDENING; CT IMAGE CORRECTION; IMAGE POSTRECONSTRUCTION; SIMULATED PROJECTIONS; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0025478201     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.55865     Document Type: Article

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