Metal artifact suppression in megavoltage computed tomography

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5745, Issue I, 2005, Pages 637-645

  Schreiner, L John ^a,b   Rogers, Myron ^a   Salomons, Greg ^a,b   Kerr, Andrew ^a,b  

^a Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cobalt 60; High density material imaging; Megavoltage CT imaging; Metal artifacts

Indexed keywords

COBALT; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY;

COBALT-60; HIGH DENSITY MATERIAL IMAGING; MEGAVOLTAGE CT IMAGING; METAL ARTIFACTS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 23844481926     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.596020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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