CT scanner x-ray spectrum estimation from transmission measurements

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 993-997

  Duan, Xinhui ^a   Wang, Jia ^a   Yu, Lifeng ^a   Leng, Shuai ^a   McCollough, Cynthia H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

CT scanner; transmission measurements; x ray spectrum

Indexed keywords

MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE; PHOTONS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; SCANNING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSIONS; X RAY SPECTROGRAPHS; X RAY TUBES; X RAYS;

CT SCANNERS; EXPECTATION-MAXIMIZATION METHOD; INDIRECT MEASUREMENTS; MONTE CARLO DOSE CALCULATION; POLYCHROMATIC X-RAYS; SPECTRUM ESTIMATION; TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENTS; X RAY SPECTRUM;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79551673546     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3547718     Document Type: Article

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