Photon counting spectral CT versus conventional CT: Comparative evaluation for breast imaging application

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1905-1930

  Shikhaliev, Polad M ^a   Fritz, Shannon G ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CT; BREAST IMAGING; CADMIUM ZINC TELLURIDE DETECTORS; CLINICAL APPLICATION; CLINICAL SYSTEMS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; CONTRAST PHANTOMS; CONTRAST RESOLUTION; COUNT RATES; CT DATA; CT SCAN; CT SYSTEM; CT TECHNOLOGY; DUAL-ENERGY; HIGH DEMAND; IMAGE DISTANCE; IMAGE NOISE; INTEGRATING DETECTORS; MAGNIFICATION FACTORS; MAIN PARAMETERS; PHOTON COUNTING; PHOTON COUNTING DETECTORS; PIXEL SIZE; SIEMENS; SKIN EXPOSURE; SOURCE-TO-DETECTORS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUBTRACTION METHOD; SYSTEM USE; X-RAY DETECTOR;

CADMIUM; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DETECTORS; GADOLINIUM; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; IODINE; PHOTONS; PIXELS; Z TRANSFORMS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS;

EID: 79953012389     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/7/001     Document Type: Article

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