Photon-counting CT with silicon detectors: Feasibility for pediatric imaging

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7258, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Yveborg, Moa ^a   Cheng, Xu ^a   Fredenberg, Erik ^a   Danielsson, Mats ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ct; Pediatrics; Photon counting; Silicon

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION VOLTAGES; ATOMIC NUMBERS; CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; CT; DETECTION EFFICIENCY; FAST CHARGES; HIGH ENERGY X RAY; HIGH-ENERGY RESOLUTION; LOW ENERGIES; MONTE CARLO; NOISE THRESHOLDS; PEDIATRIC IMAGING; PHOTOABSORPTION; PHOTON COUNTING; SCATTERED PHOTONS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; THIN METALS; X-RAY DETECTOR; X-RAY SPECTRA;

ATOMS; COMPTON SCATTERING; DETECTORS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; PEDIATRICS; PHOTONS;

SILICON DETECTORS;

EID: 66749133539     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.813733     Document Type: Conference Paper

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