Three-dimensional columnar CsI model for x-ray imaging system simulations using MANTIS: Validating for noise, blur, and light output

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6142 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Badano, Aldo ^a   Kyprianou, Iacovos S ^a   Sempau, Josep ^b  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cesium Iodide; Digital imaging; Monte Carlo simulation; Phosphor screen; Point response function

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CESIUM IODIDE; DIGITAL IMAGING; PHOSPHOR SCREEN; POINT RESPONSE FUNCTION; PULSE-HEIGHT SPECTRA;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 33745376706     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.653309     Document Type: Conference Paper

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