Monochromatic CT image representation via fast switching dual kVp

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7258, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Wu, Xiaoye ^a   Langan, David A ^a   Xu, Dan ^a   Benson, Thomas M ^a   Pack, Jed D ^a   Schmitz, Andrea M ^a   Tkaczyk, J Eric ^a   Leverentz, Jaynne ^b   Licato, Paul ^b  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basis material decomposition; Dual energy CT; Dual kVp; Monochromatic image

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; BASIS MATERIAL DECOMPOSITION; BEAM HARDENING; CONTRAST AGENT; CT IMAGE; CT SCANNERS; DENSITY IMAGES; DUAL ENERGY CT; DUAL KVP; EFFECTIVE ENERGY; ENERGY LEVEL; FAST SWITCHING; MONOCHROMATIC IMAGE; MONOCHROMATIC IMAGES; PROJECTION SPACE; PROJECTION VALUE; RECONSTRUCTED IMAGE; SCANNING METHODS; SPECTRAL CALIBRATION; X RAY BEAM; X RAY SPECTRUM; X-RAY ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; X-RAY CT SYSTEM;

CALIBRATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HARDENING; MONOCHROMATORS; SCANNING; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY SPECTROGRAPHS; X RAYS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 66749125974     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.811698     Document Type: Conference Paper

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