Comparison on beam hardening correction of CT based on H-L consistency and normal water phantom experiment

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6318, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Xuanqin, Mou ^a   Shaojie, Tang ^a   Hengyong, Yu ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam hardening; H L consistency; Polychromatic x ray tube spectrum; Water phantom experiment

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PROJECTION SYSTEMS; RADIATION HARDENING; X RAYS;

BEAM HARDENING; H-L CONSISTENCY; POLYCHROMATIC X-RAY TUBE SPECTRUM; WATER PHANTOM EXPERIMENT;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33750699990     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.682870     Document Type: Conference Paper

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