CT number variations in micro CT imaging systems

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6913, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Tu, Shu Ju ^a   Hsieh, Hui Ling ^a   Chao, Tsi Chian ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Beam hardening artifact; CT numbers; Feldkamp reconstruction; Micro CT; Quantification; Ring artifacts

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TISSUE;

BEAM HARDENING ARTIFACT; BONE MARROW DENSITY; FELDKAMP RECONSTRUCTION; RING ARTIFACTS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 43149094712     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.772160     Document Type: Conference Paper

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