A rapid method for converting medical Computed Tomography scanner topogram attenuation scale to Hounsfield Unit scale and to obtain relative density values

Engineering Geology

Volumn 103, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 100-105

  Duchesne, Mathieu J ^a,b   Moore, Francis ^a,c   Long, Bernard F ^b   Labrie, Jacques ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Computed Tomography; Density calibration; Minerals

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CALIBRATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); LATTICE CONSTANTS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; SCANNING; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

ABSOLUTE DENSITIES; ATTENUATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITY CALIBRATION; EFFECTIVE ATOMIC NUMBERS; INTENSITY SCALES; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATIONS; RAPID METHODS; RELATIVE DENSITIES; TOPOGRAM; TRANSVERSAL DIRECTIONS;

TOMOGRAPHY;

BULK DENSITY; CORE ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MINERAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 58249106064     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2008.06.009     Document Type: Article

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