Implementation of dual- and triple-energy cone-beam micro-CT for postreconstruction material decomposition

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 5030-5042

  Granton, P V ^a,b   Pollmann, S I ^b   Ford, N L ^c   Drangova, M ^b   Holdsworth, D W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cone beam; Dual energy; K edge; Material decomposition; Micro CT; Triple energy

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; BONE; IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAMMALS; PHANTOMS; TISSUE; X RAY TUBES; X RAYS;

CONE BEAM; DUAL ENERGY; MATERIAL DECOMPOSITION; MICRO CT; TRIPLE ENERGY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

BIOMATERIAL; CONTRAST MEDIUM; LEAD; RUBBER; SILICONE; SILOXANE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; BONE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATERIAL STATE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 54949084297     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2987668     Document Type: Article

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