Quantitative imaging of element composition and mass fraction using dual-energy CT: Three-material decomposition

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1602-1609

  Liu, Xin ^a,b   Yu, Lifeng ^a   Primak, Andrew N ^a   McCollough, Cynthia H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Dual energy CT; Dual source CT; Material decomposition

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; MIXTURES;

CONSTITUENT MATERIALS; DUAL-ENERGY CT; DUAL-SOURCE CT; ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; GENERALIZED SOLUTION; MATERIAL DECOMPOSITION; QUANTITATIVE IMAGING OF ELEMENTS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ELEMENT;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPOSITION; IMAGING; MEASUREMENT; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 65449156824     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3097632     Document Type: Article

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