Segmentation and quantification of materials with energy discriminating computed tomography: A phantom study

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 228-237

  Le, Huy Q ^a   Molloi, Sabee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

breast imaging; CT; energy resolving detector; material decomposition

Indexed keywords

ACETAL RESINS; ALIPHATIC COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM ALLOYS; HYDROXYAPATITE; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IODINE; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHANTOMS; POLYETHYLENES; SEMICONDUCTOR ALLOYS; X RAY DETECTORS; X RAY TUBES; X RAYS; Z TRANSFORMS; ZINC ALLOYS;

BREAST IMAGING; ENERGY DISCRIMINATING CT; ENERGY-RESOLVING DETECTORS; FILTERED BACK-PROJECTION; LEAST SQUARES MINIMIZATION; LEAST-SQUARES PARAMETER ESTIMATIONS; LINEAR ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; MATERIAL DECOMPOSITION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 78650913156     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3525835     Document Type: Article

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