X-ray spectrum of CT system acquired by compton spectroscopy using high resolution schottky CdTe detector

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5745, Issue II, 2005, Pages 1229-1236

  Maeda, Koji ^a   Matsumoto, Masao ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compton spectroscopy; CT system; Diagnostic x ray spectrum; High resolution Schottky CdTe detector

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PHOTONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; X RAYS;

COMPTON SPECTROSCOPY; CT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC X-RAY SPECTRUM; HIGH RESOLUTION SCHOTTKY CDTE DETECTOR;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 23844486770     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.593564     Document Type: Conference Paper

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