An analytical approach to estimating the first order scatter in heterogeneous medium. II. A practical application

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 3157-3167

  Yao, Weiguang ^a,b   Leszczynski, Konrad W ^a,b,c  

^a SUDBURY REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Cone beam CT; Contrast; Klein Nishina expression; Scatter correction

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRON EMISSION; PHANTOMS; PHOTONS; X RAY DETECTORS;

ARTIFACTS; CONE-BEAM CT; CONTRAST; KLEIN-NISHINA EXPRESSION; SCATTER CORRECTION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST; IMAGING SYSTEM; KLEIN NISHINA EXPRESSION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; STATISTICS;

EID: 67649601017     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3152115     Document Type: Article

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