Algorithms for density and composition-discrimination imaging for fourth-generation CT systems

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1455-1477

  Busono, Pratondo ^a   Hussein, Esam M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITY; ELECTRON; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033060767     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/44/6/303     Document Type: Article

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