A research prototype system for quantum-counting clinical CT

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7622, Issue PART 2, 2010, Pages

  Kappler, S ^a   Glasser, F ^b   Janssen, S ^a   Kraft, E ^a   Reinwand, M ^a  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b CEA LETI   (France)

Author keywords

CT; CTDE; DET; SYS

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL CT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST AGENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST MEASUREMENTS; CT; CT IMAGING; CTDE; DET; DIRECT CONVERTER; DUAL-ENERGY; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; ENERGY THRESHOLDS; FIELD OF VIEWS; HIGH FLUX; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; PIXEL SIZE; RESEARCH PROTOTYPE; SYS;

MEDICAL IMAGING; PIXELS; SCANNING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79955765191     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.844238     Document Type: Conference Paper

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