Novel materials for low-contrast phantoms for computed tomography

Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-18

  Allert, Keana D ^a   Vangala, Sravanthi ^a   DiBianca, Frank A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic number; Computed tomography; Contrast; Density; Low contrast performance; Phantoms

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITY (OPTICAL); GLYCEROL; POLYSTYRENES; RESINS;

ATOMIC NUMBER; IODOBENZENE; LOW CONTRAST PERFORMANCE; PHANTOMS;

COMPUTER VISION;

EID: 33947532649     PISSN: 08953996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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