Improved scatter correction using adaptive scatter kernel superposition

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 6695-6720

  Sun, M ^a   Star Lack, J M ^a  

^a VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI-SCATTER GRIDS; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; DECONVOLUTION TECHNIQUES; FOURIER SPACE; HIGH QUALITY; HOUNSFIELD UNITS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NONSTATIONARY; OBJECT EDGE; PHANTOM DATA; PROJECTION DATA; SCATTER CORRECTION; SCATTER-TO-PRIMARY RATIO; SPATIAL DOMAINS; STANDARD DEVIATION; SYMMETRIC KERNEL; SYSTEM MATCHING; TABLE-TOP; THICKNESS VARIATION; THREE MODELS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVOLUTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REPAIR; SCATTERING;

DECONVOLUTION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION SCATTERING;

ALGORITHMS; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 78650000579     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/22/007     Document Type: Article

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