Contrast agent recognition in small animal CT using the Medipix2 detector

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 607, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 179-182

  Firsching, Markus ^a   Butler, Anthony P ^b,c   Scott, Nicola ^c   Anderson, Nigel G ^c   Michel, Thilo ^a   Anton, Gisela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bio imaging; Computed tomography; K edge; Material decomposition; Material reconstruction; Medipix; Photon counting; Pixel detector; X ray imaging

Indexed keywords

BIO-IMAGING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; K-EDGE; MATERIAL DECOMPOSITION; MATERIAL RECONSTRUCTION; MEDIPIX; PHOTON COUNTING; PIXEL DETECTOR; X-RAY IMAGING;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; IODINE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; PHOTONS; PIXELS; RADIATION DETECTORS; READOUT SYSTEMS; REPAIR; X RAY ANALYSIS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 67650168121     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.03.141     Document Type: Article

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