Analysis of fast kV-switching in dual energy CT using a pre-reconstruction decomposition technique

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6913, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Zou, Yu ^a   Silver, Michael D ^a  

^a Toshiba Medical Research Institute USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Dual energy

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

FAST KV-SWITCHING; SQUARE WAVE; X-RAY PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 43149117710     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.772826     Document Type: Conference Paper

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