A full-system simulation chain for computed tomography scanners

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3433-3436

  Kappler, Steffen ^a   Niederlöhner, Daniel ^a   Wirth, Stefan ^a   Stierstorfer, Karl ^a  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS; CT IMAGE; CT SCANNERS; DETECTOR TECHNOLOGY; DOSE REDUCTION; FULL CT; FULL-SYSTEM SIMULATION; IMAGE NOISE; NEW APPROACHES; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTUM COUNTING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SIMULATION TOOL; SPECTRAL FILTERS; SPECTRAL SIMULATIONS; TECHNOLOGY COMPARISON; TYPICAL APPLICATION; X-RAY SOURCES;

DATA COMPRESSION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; SCANNING; TOOLS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77951188054     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5401779     Document Type: Conference Paper

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