Tomographic imaging of the angular-dependent coherent-scatter cross section

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-10

  Westmore, M S ^a,b   Fenster, A ^a,b   Cunningham, I A ^a,b,c  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

bone mineral content (BMC); coherent scatter; computed tomography; material specific imaging; x ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

COHERENT SCATTERING; PHANTOMS; PIXELS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BONE MINERAL CONTENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; LONG-TERM GOALS; LOW ANGLE SCATTERS; SEQUENCE OF IMAGES; SPECIFIC INFORMATION; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHIC SLICES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

NYLON; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYCARBONATE; POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0031016811     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597917     Document Type: Article

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