High resolution in vivo micro-CT with flat panel detector based on amorphous silicon

Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 381-392

  Yang, Xiaoquan ^a   Meng, Yuanzheng ^a   Luo, Qingming ^a   Gong, Hui ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

amorphous silicon; Micro CT; small animal imaging

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON (A-SI); ANATOMIC INFORMATION; BEAM HARDENING; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; FAST SCANNING; FELDKAMP ALGORITHMS; FLAT PANEL DETECTORS; FLUORESCENCE MOLECULAR TOMOGRAPHY; GRAPHIC PROCESSING UNITS; HIGH RESOLUTION; IMAGE FIELDS; IN-VIVO; IN-VIVO IMAGING; MAGNIFICATION FACTORS; MICRO CT; MICRO-CT SYSTEMS; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TISSUE PHANTOM; TRANSAXIAL; WATER PHANTOM;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; ANIMALS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; X RAY TUBES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

SILICON;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOUSE; RADIOGRAPHY; SKULL; SPINE; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SILICON; SKULL; SPINE; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 78650846266     PISSN: 08953996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/XST-2010-0269     Document Type: Article

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