An iterative maximum-likelihood polychromatic algorithm for CT

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 999-1008

  De Nuyts, Bruno Manohan ^a   Dupont, Patrick ^a   Marchal, Guy ^a   Suetens, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Beam hardening correction; Computed tomography; Iterative reconstruction; Maximum likelihood

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035491479     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.959297     Document Type: Article

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