An efficient Monte Carlo-based algorithm for scatter correction in keV cone-beam CT

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3847-3864

  Poludniowski, G ^a   Evans, P M ^a   Hansen, V N ^a   Webb, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONE-BEAM CT; DETECTOR RESPONSE; FORCED DETECTION; IMAGE UNIFORMITY; ITERATION STEP; LINEAR INTERPOLATION; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO CODES; PHOTON DIFFUSION; PROJECTION DATA; SCATTER CORRECTION;

ALGORITHMS; DETECTORS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; REPAIR; X RAY TUBES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY TUBE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70149103607     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/12/016     Document Type: Article

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