An automatic calibration method for dual energy material decomposition

Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-25

  Bellers, Erwin B ^a,b   De Bruijn, Frederik J ^a,b   Mistretta, Charles A ^a   Wang, Yi ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATTENUATION; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DECOMPOSITION; DETECTORS; ERROR ANALYSIS; HIGH PASS FILTERS; IMAGE PROCESSING; POLYNOMIALS; SCATTERING; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY TUBES;

DUAL ENERGY MATERIAL DECOMPOSITION; FIELD OF VIEW (FOV); HIGH-PASS ENERGY-FILTERING MATERIALS; X-RAY IMAGING;

X RAYS;

EID: 2542494509     PISSN: 08953996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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