Dual energy with dual source CT and kVp switching with single source CT: A comparison of dual energy performance

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7258, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Grasruck, M ^a   Kappler, S ^a   Reinwand, M ^a   Stierstorfer, K ^a  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CTDE; SYS

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MEDICAL IMAGING; SEPARATION; X RAY DETECTORS; X RAYS;

CTDE; ENERGY SEPARATIONS; MATERIAL DECOMPOSITION; SELECTIVE DETECTORS; SIMULATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS; SPECTRAL BEHAVIORS; SPECTRAL SEPARATION; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 66749112467     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.811534     Document Type: Conference Paper

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