Single- and dual-energy CT with monochromatic synchrotron x-rays

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 371-387

  Dilmanian, F A ^a   Wu, X Y ^a   Parsons, E C ^a   Ren, B ^a   Kress, J ^a,f   Button, T M ^b   Chapman, L D ^a,g   Coderre, J A ^a   Giron, F ^b   Greenberg, D ^a   Krus, D J ^c   Liang, Z ^b   Marcovici, S ^d   Petersen, M J ^b   Roque, C T ^b   Shleifer, M ^a   Slatkin, D N ^a   Thomlinson, W C ^a   Yamamoto, K ^e   Zhong, Z ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Harshaw Crystal Prod Group   (United States)

^d ANALOGIC CORPORATION   (United States)

^e CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^g ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY;

EID: 0031045388     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/42/2/009     Document Type: Article

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