Fast scatter estimation for cone-beam X-ray CT by combined Monte Carlo tracking and Richardson-Lucy fitting

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages 2774-2777

  Zbijewski, Wojciech ^a   Beekman, Freek J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; FUNCTIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; X RAYS;

FAST SCATTER ESTIMATION; MONTE CARLO TRACKING; RAT ABDOMEN; RICHARDSON-LUCY FITTING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 23844491689     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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