Comparison of dual energy detector system performance

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 556-565

  Alvarez, Robert E ^a   Seibert, J Anthony ^b   Thompson, Stephen K ^c  

^a Aprend Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual energy; Motion artifact; Noise; Spectrum; X ray

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL SYSTEMS; QUANTUM NOISE; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; X RAY APPARATUS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

DUAL ENERGY; ELECTRO-OPTICAL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSIONS; MOTION ARTIFACT; NOISE; SPECTRUM; TECHNOLOGY INDEPENDENT; X RAY SOURCE SPECTRUM;

X RAY DETECTORS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; DEVICE; IMAGE QUALITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPECTRUM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY;

EID: 1642380221     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1645679     Document Type: Article

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