An experimental cone-beam Micro-CT system for small animal imaging

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7258, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Zhu, Shouping ^a   Tian, Jie ^a   Yan, Guorui ^a   Qin, Chenghu ^a   Liu, Junting ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

Author keywords

Cone beam; Micro CT; MTF; Small animal imaging; SSP

Indexed keywords

CONE-BEAM; MICRO-CT; MTF; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING; SSP;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA PROCESSING; DETECTORS; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PIXELS; X RAY APPARATUS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 66749105242     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.811601     Document Type: Conference Paper

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