Simulation of cone beam computed tomography chest imaging with parallel computing: Nodule detectability versus dose

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5745, Issue II, 2005, Pages 910-920

  Tu, Shu Ju ^a   Shaw, Chris C ^a   Chen, Lingyun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Additive system noise; Cone beam CT; Detector blurring; Feldkamp algorithm; Flat panel x ray detector; Nodule detection; Noise simulation; Parallel computing; Parallel random number generator; Quantum noise

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FUNCTIONS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

ADDITIVE SYSTEM NOISE; CONE BEAM CT; DETECTOR BLURRING; FELDKAMP ALGORITHM; FLAT PANEL X-RAY DETECTOR; NODULE DETECTION; NOISE SIMULATION; PARALLEL RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR; QUANTUM NOISE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 23844498167     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.596995     Document Type: Conference Paper

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