Experimental feasibility study of energy-resolved fan-beam coherent scatter computed tomography

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5535, Issue , 2004, Pages 410-423

  Schlomka, Jens Peter ^a   Delfs, Johannes ^a,b   Barschdorf, Hans ^a   Thran, Axel ^a   Van Stevendaal, Udo ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baggage Inspection; CdTe; Coherent Scatter Computed Tomography; Computed Tomography; Explosives Detection; Image Reconstruction; Medical Imaging; Tissue Characterization; X ray Scatter Imaging

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL IMAGING; TISSUE; X RAYS;

BAGGAGE INSPECTION; CDTE; COHERENT SCATTER COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; EXPLOSIVE DETECTION; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; X-RAY SCATTERING IMAGING;

SCATTERING;

EID: 15844427972     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.556313     Document Type: Conference Paper

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