Algorithm for X-ray scatter, beam-hardening, and beam profile correction in diagnostic (kilovoltage) and treatment (megavoltage) cone beam CT

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1791-1810

  Maltz, Jonathan S ^a,b   Gangadharan, Bijumon ^a   Bose, Supratik ^a   Hristov, Dimitre H ^c   Faddegon, Bruce A ^d   Paidi, Ajay ^a   Bani Hashemi, Ali R ^a  

^a SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical applications of radiation; Monte Carlo (MC) methods; Radiation hardening; X ray detectors; X ray imaging; X ray scattering; X ray tomography

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DETECTORS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; HARDENING; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATION HARDENING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RESTORATION; SEMICONDUCTOR COUNTERS; SILICON; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY APPARATUS; X RAYS;

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF RADIATION; MONTE CARLO (MC) METHODS; X-RAY DETECTORS; X-RAY IMAGING; X-RAY SCATTERING; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; X RAY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; X-RAYS;

EID: 56849113227     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2008.928922     Document Type: Article

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