Material separation with dual-layer CT

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages 1876-1878

  Carmi, Raz ^a   Naveh, Galit ^a   Altman, Ami ^a  

^a PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; SEPARATION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

BEAM HARDENING EFFECTS; DUAL ENERGY TECHNIQUES; HOUNSFIELD UNITS (HU); MATERIAL SEPARATION CAPABILITIES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33846627891     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596697     Document Type: Conference Paper

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