Inverse-geometry volumetric CT system with multiple detector arrays for wide field-of-view imaging

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2133-2142

  Mazin, Samuel R ^a   Star Lack, Josh ^b,d   Bennett, N Robert ^c,e   Pelc, Norbert J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NexRay Inc   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

^e QUALCOMM INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Collimator; Inverse geometry CT; Volumetric CT

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; INVERSE PROBLEMS;

COLLIMATOR; CONE BEAM ARTIFACTS; DESIGN AND SIMULATION; INVERSE-GEOMETRY CT; ISOTROPIC RESOLUTION; VOLUMETRIC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; VOLUMETRIC CT; WIDE FIELD OF VIEW;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; GEOMETRY; HEART; IMAGING; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; SIMULATION; SWINE; VOLUMETRY;

SUS;

EID: 34447339987     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2737168     Document Type: Article

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