Least squares parameter estimation methods for material decomposition with energy discriminating detectors

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 245-255

  Le, Huy Q ^a   Molloi, Sabee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

breast imaging; CT; material decomposition; photon counting detector

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CALIBRATION; DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION METHODS; ERRORS; HYDROXYAPATITE; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IODINE; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHANTOMS; SEMICONDUCTOR ALLOYS; SEPARATION; TISSUE; X RAY DETECTORS; X RAYS; Z TRANSFORMS; ZINC ALLOYS;

BREAST IMAGING; CALIBRATION AND MEASUREMENTS; DECOMPOSITION TECHNIQUE; ENERGY-RESOLVING DETECTORS; LEAST SQUARES MINIMIZATION; LEAST-SQUARES PARAMETER ESTIMATIONS; MATERIAL DECOMPOSITION; PHOTON COUNTING DETECTORS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 78650895895     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3525840     Document Type: Article

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