Comparison of two detector systems for cone beam CT small animal imaging - A preliminary study

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6142 III, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Meng, Yang ^a   Shaw, Chris C ^a   Liu, Xinming ^a   Altunbas, Mustafa C ^a   Wang, Tianpeng ^a   Chen, Lingyun ^a   Tu, Shu Ju ^a   Kappadath, S Cheenu ^a   Lai, Chao Jen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

CCD; Cone beam CT; Flat panel; Small animal imaging

Indexed keywords

CONE BEAM CT; DETECTIVE QUANTA EFFICIENCY (DQE); FLAT PANEL; IMAGE AMPLIFIER; OPTICAL COUPLING SYSTEMS; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING;

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; FLAT PANEL DISPLAYS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE INTENSIFIERS (ELECTRON TUBE); X RAYS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33745431392     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.656690     Document Type: Conference Paper

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