CT with monochromatic synchrotron x rays and its potential in clinical research

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3149, Issue , 1997, Pages 25-32

  Dilmanian, F Avraham ^a   Wu, Xiaoye ^a   Ren, Baorui ^a   Button, Terry M ^b   Chapman, L D ^c   Dobbs, John M ^d   Huang, Xiaoling ^a   Nickoloff, Edward L ^e   Parsons Jr , Edward C ^a   Petersen, Michael J ^b   Thomlinson, William C ^a   Zhong, Zhong ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d ANALOGIC CORPORATION   (United States)

^e Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Dual energy quantitative CT; K edge imaging; Monochromatic x rays; Quantitative CT

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; GADOLINIUM; IMAGING SYSTEMS; IODINE; LIGHT; LIGHT SOURCES; LIGHTING; MONOCHROMATORS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; SYNCHROTRONS; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAYS; XENON;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY QUANTITATIVE CT; K-EDGE IMAGING; MONOCHROMATIC X-RAYS; QUANTITATIVE CT;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 17944372566     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.292724     Document Type: Conference Paper

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