Estimation of a photon energy spectrum for a computed tomography scanner

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 695-702

  Ruth, Christopher ^a,b   Joseph, Peter M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b ANALOGIC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

beam hardening; bremsstrahlung; computed tomography; regularization; x ray spectrum

Indexed keywords

COPPER COMPOUNDS; DELTA FUNCTIONS; HARDENING; IODINE COMPOUNDS; PHOTONS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; SCANNING; SODIUM IODIDE; SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSIONS;

BEAM HARDENING; BREMSSTRAHLUNG; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS; MASS ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; REGULARIZATION; TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENTS; X RAY SPECTRUM;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREMS RADIATION; CALCIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SCINTISCANNING;

EID: 0030919839     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598159     Document Type: Article

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