Scatter kernel estimation with an edge-spread function method for cone-beam computed tomography imaging

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 6729-6748

  Li, Heng ^a   Mohan, Radhe ^a   Zhu, X Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DISPLAY DEVICES; FUNCTIONS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TOMOGRAPHY;

BEAM SCATTERS; CLINICAL APPLICATIONS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING; EQUIVALENT THICKNESSES; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; KERNEL ESTIMATIONS; PHANTOM STUDIES; PROJECTION DATUMS; PROJECTION IMAGES; RECONSTRUCTED IMAGES; RECONSTRUCTION PROCESSES; REDUCTION TECHNIQUES; REGIONS OF INTERESTS; SCATTER CORRECTIONS; SCATTERED RADIATIONS; SPREAD FUNCTIONS; TRIAL FUNCTIONS; WATER PHANTOMS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KERNEL METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; X RAY;

ABDOMINAL CAVITY; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 58149242614     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/23/006     Document Type: Article

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