Photon-counting spectral computed tomography using silicon strip detectors: A feasibility study

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1999-2022

  Bornefalk, Hans ^a   Danielsson, Mats ^a  

^a ALBANOVA UNIVERSITY CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION VOLTAGES; CHARGE SHARING; COMPTON INTERACTION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPOSITION TECHNIQUE; DEPOSITED ENERGY; DETECTION EFFICIENCY; DETECTOR MATERIALS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IMAGING TASK; INTEGRATING DETECTORS; K-EDGE IMAGING; PHOTON COUNTING; PHOTON ENERGY; SENSITIVE DETECTOR; SIGNAL PILE-UP; SILICON STRIP DETECTORS; SPECTRAL IMAGING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DETECTORS; PHOTONS; SILICON SENSORS;

SILICON DETECTORS;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; SILICON;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTON; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PHOTONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILICON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 77949704874     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/7/014     Document Type: Article

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