Method for evaluating bow tie filter angle-dependent attenuation in CT: Theory and simulation results

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-48

  Boone, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA HANDLING; MATCHED FILTERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; SCANNING;

ATTENUATION FACTORS; ATTENUATION PROPERTIES; BASIS DECOMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; MATERIAL THICKNESS; MEASUREMENT PROTOCOL; SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 73649137857     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3264616     Document Type: Article

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