Incoherent-scatter computed tomography with monochromatic synchrotron X ray: Feasibility of multi-ct imaging system for simultaneous measurement of fluorescent and incoherent scatter X rays

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1760-1769

  Yuasa, Tetsuya ^a   Akiba, Masahiro ^b   Takeda, Tohoru ^c   Kazama, Masahiro ^d   Hoshino, Atsunori ^a   Watanabe, Yuuki ^b   Hyodo, Kazuyuki ^c   Dilmanian, F Avraham ^d   Akatsuka, Takao ^a   Itai, Yuji ^b  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

^d BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Incoherent scatter; Least squares method; Monte carlo simulation; Singular value decomposition; Synchrotron radiation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIATION DETECTORS; STORAGE RINGS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

INCOHERENT SCATTER COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION METHOD;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031257196     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.633430     Document Type: Article

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