Feasibility of real time dual-energy imaging based on a flat panel detector for coronary artery calcium quantification

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1612-1622

  Xu, Tong ^a   Ducote, Justin L ^a   Wong, Jerry T ^a   Molloi, Sabee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary arterial calcium; Dual energy

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; HEART; HYDROXYAPATITE; PHANTOMS; X RAY TUBES; X RAYS;

CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUMS; DUAL ENERGY; DUAL-ENERGY IMAGING; DYNAMIC FILTRATION; FLAT PANEL DETECTORS; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARE ERRORS; STATIC FILTRATION;

CALCIUM;

CALCIUM; HYDROXYAPATITE;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DENSITOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EQUIPMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FILTRATION; FLAT PANEL DETECTOR; IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME DUAL ENERGY IMAGING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THICKNESS; X RAY;

EID: 33744809045     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2198942     Document Type: Article

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