X-ray scatter correction algorithm for cone beam CT imaging

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1195-1202

  Ning, Ruola ^a   Tang, Xiangyang ^a   Conover, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiscatter grid; Cone beam CT; Cone beam reconstruction; Flat panel detector; Scatter; Scatter correction

Indexed keywords

SCATTERING; X RAYS;

ANTI-SCATTER GRIDS; CONE BEAM RECONSTRUCTION; CONE-BEAM CT; FLAT PANEL DETECTORS; SCATTER CORRECTION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION SCATTERING; X RAY;

EID: 2442689175     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1711475     Document Type: Article

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