Coupling the use of anti-scatter grid with analytical scatter estimation in cone beam CT

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6510, Issue PART 2, 2007, Pages

  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

CT; RECONS; SCAT

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ACQUISITION; MEDICAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ANTI-SCATTER GRID; COLLIMATED FAN BEAM SYSTEMS; ISOTROPIC RESOLUTION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 35148898333     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.706486     Document Type: Conference Paper

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