Optimal energy threshold arrangement in photon-counting spectral x-ray imaging

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages 1950-1954

  Roessl, Ewald ^a   Proksa, Roland ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Photon counting; Spectral x ray imaging

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPPER; CRAMER-RAO BOUNDS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PHASE NOISE; PHOTONS;

COMPTON-EFFECT DECOMPOSITION; DISTINCT ENERGY WINDOWS; PHOTON COUNTING DEVICES; PHOTON-COUNTING; SPECTRAL X-RAY IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 38649124058     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.354276     Document Type: Conference Paper

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