Application of projection simulation based on physical imaging model to the evaluation of beam hardening corrections in X-ray transmission tomography

Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 95-117

  Tang, Shaojie ^a   Mou, Xuanqin ^a   Yang, Ying ^a   Xu, Qiong ^a   Yu, Hengyong ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam hardening; FORBILD; Polychromatic spectrum; Projection simulation

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRON TUBES; HARDENING; HEALTH; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL IMAGING; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; RADIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY TUBES;

ANALYSIS RESULTS; ANALYTIC METHODS; BEAM HARDENING; BOUNDARY PARAMETERS; COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION; CORRECTION METHODS; CT IMAGING; CT RECONSTRUCTIONS; CT SYSTEMS; HUMAN TISSUES; MATERIAL COMPOSITIONS; MATHEMATICAL PHANTOMS; PHYSICAL IMAGING; SIMULATION BASED; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS; SUB-REGIONS; X RAY ENERGY SPECTRUM; X-RAY TRANSMISSION (XRT); X-RAY TUBES;

ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 48249139023     PISSN: 08953996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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