Electron density measurement with dual-energy x-ray CT using synchrotron radiation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 673-685

  Torikoshi, Masami ^a   Tsunoo, Takanori ^a   Sasaki, Makoto ^a   Endo, Masahiro ^a   Noda, Yutaka ^a   Ohno, Yumiko ^b   Kohno, Toshiyuki ^b   Hyodo, Kazuyuki ^c   Uesugi, Kentaro ^d   Yagi, Naoto ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

^d Japan Synchr Rad Res Inst   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; RADIATION HARDENING; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TISSUE; X RAYS;

MONOCHROMATIC X RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT);

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

CARBON;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ELECTRON; HEAVY ION RADIATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIOTHERAPY; SIMULATION; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY, DUAL-ENERGY SCANNED PROJECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNCHROTRONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037423924     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/5/308     Document Type: Article

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