Dual energy for material differentiation in coronary arteries using electron-beam CT

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5745, Issue II, 2005, Pages 1306-1316

  Sengupta, Souma ^a   Jha, Sanjay ^a   Walter, Deborah ^b   Du, Yanfeng ^b   Tkaczyk, Eric J ^b  

^a GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed Tomography; CT; Dual Energy; Dual kVp imaging; EBCT; EBT; Electron Beam

Indexed keywords

CT; DUAL ENERGY; DUAL KVP IMAGING; EBCT; EBT;

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; CALCIUM; CARDIOLOGY; ELECTRON BEAMS; IODINE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 23844552575     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.596620     Document Type: Conference Paper

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