Analysis of spectral blur effects in x-ray scatter imaging

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1811-1816

  Leclair, Robert J ^a   Johns, Paul C ^a,b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coherent scatter; Compton scatter; Signal to noise ratio (SNR); Spectral blur; X ray scatter imaging

Indexed keywords

COHERENT SCATTERING; COMPTON SCATTERING; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHANTOMS; PHOTONS; X RAY SCATTERING;

MEDICAL X-RAY IMAGING; MONOENERGETIC X-RAYS; RECTANGULAR BEAMS; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; SCATTERED PHOTONS; SEMIANALYTIC MODELS; SPECTRAL BLUR; STANDARD DEVIATION;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARTICLE; COMPTON EFFECT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; X RAY;

EID: 0032849384     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598685     Document Type: Article

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