Coherent scatter computed tomography - A novel medical imaging technique

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5030 I, Issue , 2003, Pages 256-265

  Schlomka, Jens Peter ^a   Harding, Adrian ^a   Van Stevendaal, Udo ^a   Grass, Michael ^a   Harding, Geoffrey ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coherent Scatter Computed Tomography; Computed Tomography; Image Reconstruction; Medical Imaging; Tissue Characterization; X Ray Coherent Scatter

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOTONS; TISSUE; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY TUBES;

FILTERED BACK-PROJECTION (FBP);

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0041375235     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.479949     Document Type: Conference Paper

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