Effect of scattered radiation on image noise in cone beam CT

Medical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 469-474

  Endo, Masahiro ^a   Tsunoo, Takanori ^a   Nakamori, Nobuyuki ^b   Yoshida, Katsuya ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cone beam CT; Flat panel imager; Image noise; Scattered radiation

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; X RAY DETECTORS; X RAY TUBES; X RAYS;

CONE-BEAM CT; DYNAMIC VOLUME-IMAGING; FLAT-PANEL IMAGERS; IMAGE NOISE; ISOTROPIC RESOLUTION; SCATTER-TO-PRIMARY RATIO; SCATTERED RADIATIONS; X-RAY INTENSITY MEASUREMENTS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NOISE REDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0035053536     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1357457     Document Type: Article

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