Model based scatter correction for cone-beam computed tomography

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5745, Issue I, 2005, Pages 271-282

  Wiegert, Jens ^a,b   Bertram, Matthias ^b   Rose, Georg ^b   Aach, Til ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cone beam computed tomography; Flat detector; Scatter correction; Single scatter; X ray scatter

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DIAGNOSIS; SCATTERING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; X RAYS;

CUPPING ARTIFACTS; FLAT DETECTORS; SCATTER CORRECTION; SINGLE-SCATTER; X-RAY SCATTER;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 23844496562     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.594520     Document Type: Conference Paper

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