Material-specific analysis using coherent-scatter imaging

Medical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1651-1660

  Batchelar, Deidre L ^a,b   Cunningham, Ian A ^a,b,c  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density (BMD); Coherent scatter; Computed tomography; Tissue composition; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

COHERENT SCATTERING; CONVOLUTION; ESTERS; HYDROXYAPATITE; MINERALS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TISSUE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BONE MINERAL DENSITY; COHERENT SCATTER IMAGING; COHERENT-SCATTER COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; CROSS SECTIONAL IMAGE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE) (PMMA); QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; THEORETICAL EXPRESSION; TISSUE COMPOSITION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

HYDROXYAPATITE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; COHERENT SCATTER IMAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITOMETRY; GEOMETRY; IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THEORY; THICKNESS; TRABECULAR BONE; X RAY;

EID: 0036703392     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1493216     Document Type: Article

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