Simulation of x-ray spectral reconstruction from transmission data by direct resolution of the numeric system AF=T

Medical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 1695-1703

  Scouarnec, Ch ^b   Catala, A ^a  

^a INSTITUT CLAUDIUS REGAUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

numerical technique; projector matrix; spectral algebra; transmission analysis; x ray spectrum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROCOMPUTER; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PHYSICS; X RAY DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; X-RAYS;

EID: 0027135511     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.596956     Document Type: Article

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