Scatter correction method for x-ray CT using primary modulation: Phantom studies

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 934-946

  Gao, Hewei ^a   Fahrig, Rebecca ^a   Bennett, N Robert ^b   Sun, Mingshan ^c   Star Lack, Josh ^c   Zhu, Lei ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUALCOMM INC   (United States)

^c VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone beam CT; Primary modulation; Scatter correction

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ERRORS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MODULATORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHANTOMS; X RAY DETECTORS;

CONE-BEAM CT; HIGH MODULATION FREQUENCY; PRIMARY MODULATIONS; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; SCATTER CORRECTION; SCATTER CORRECTION METHOD; SCATTER-TO-PRIMARY RATIO; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 75749149417     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3298014     Document Type: Article

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