A new method for x-ray scatter correction: First assessment on a cone-beam CT experimental setup

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 4633-4652

  Rinkel, J ^a   Gerfault, L ^a   Esteve F ^b   Dinten, J M ^a  

^a CEA LETI   (France)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; X RAYS;

ACQUISITION TIME; ANTHROPOMORPHIC THORAX; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CBCT); ISOTROPIC RESOLUTION; X-RAY SCATTER;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CALIBRATION; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 34547098832     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/15/018     Document Type: Article

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