Minimizing image noise in on-board CT reconstruction using both kilovoltage and megavoltage beam projections

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3665-3673

  Zhang, Junan ^a   Yin, Fang Fang ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone beam CT; CT reconstruction; Dual energy

Indexed keywords

IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE METHODS;

BEAM ORIENTATION; CONE-BEAM CT; CT RECONSTRUCTION; DUAL ENERGY; FILTERED BACK-PROJECTION METHODS; OPTIMAL ORIENTATION; PROJECTION NUMBERS; RECONSTRUCTION METHOD;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GEOMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY;

EID: 34548363876     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2768862     Document Type: Article

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