Scattered radiation in flat-detector based cone-beam CT: Analysis of voxelized patient simulations

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6142 II, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Wiegert, Jens ^a   Bertram, Matthias ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anti scatter grids; Cone beam computed tomography; Flat detector; Monte Carlo simulations; Scatter correction; X ray scatter

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ERROR COMPENSATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; X RAY SCATTERING;

ANTI-SCATTER GRIDS; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLAT DETECTOR; SCATTER CORRECTION; X-RAY SCATTER;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 33745431118     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.652719     Document Type: Conference Paper

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