Optimal energy thresholds and weights for separating materials using photon counting x-ray detectors with energy discriminating capabilities

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7258, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Wang, Adam S ^a,b   Pelc, Norbert J ^a,b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Detector Response Function; Dual Energy; Estimation; Material Basis Functions; Maximum Likelihood; Photon Counting

Indexed keywords

BASIS FUNCTIONS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DETECTOR RESPONSE FUNCTION; DUAL ENERGY; ENERGY DISCRIMINATING; ENERGY INFORMATION; HIGH ENERGY PHOTONS; OPTIMAL ENERGY; PHOTON COUNT; PHOTON COUNTING; TWO-MATERIALS; WEIGHTED SUM; X RAY PHOTONS; X-RAY DETECTOR;

DETECTORS; ESTIMATION; MATERIALS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PHOTONS; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; X RAY APPARATUS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 66749139690     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.811454     Document Type: Conference Paper

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