Measurement of electron density in dual-energy x-ray CT with monochromatic x rays and evaluation of its accuracy

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4924-4932

  Tsunoo, Takanori ^a,c   Torikoshi, Masami ^a   Ohno, Yumiko ^a   Uesugi, Kentaro ^b   Yagi, Naoto ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c Imaging Application Tech Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Dual energy CT; Electron density; Linear attenuation coefficient; Synchrotron radiation

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRON SOURCES; PATIENT TREATMENT; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAYS;

BEAM HARDENING EFFECTS; DUAL-ENERGY CT; DUAL-ENERGY X-RAY CT; LINEAR ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; MONOCHROMATIC X-RAYS; ON-ELECTRON DENSITY; RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING; SCATTERED RADIATIONS;

ELECTRONS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY COMPUTER ASSSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON; HEAD; HEAVY ION RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; SYNCHROTRON; TREATMENT PLANNING; X RAY;

EID: 54949155209     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2987738     Document Type: Article

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