An accurate scatter measurement and correction technique for cone beam breast CT imaging using scanning sampled measurement (SSM) technique

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6142 II, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Liu, Xinming ^a   Shaw, Chris C ^a   Wang, Tianpeng ^a   Chen, Lingyun ^a   Altunbas, Mustafa C ^a   Kappadath, S Cheenu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone beam breast CT; Cupping effect; Flat panel detector; Scatter to primary ratio; Scattered radiation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ERROR CORRECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERPOLATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CONE BEAM BREAST CT; CUPPING EFFECTS; FLAT PANNEL DETECTORS (FPD); SCATTER TO PRIMARY RATIO; SCATTERED RADIATION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 33745361716     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.656655     Document Type: Conference Paper

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