X-ray dose reduction by adaptive source equalization and electronic region-of-interest control

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7961, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Burion, Steve ^a   Sandman, Anne ^a   Bechtel, Kate ^a   Solomon, Edward ^b   Funk, Tobias ^a  

^a Triple Ring Technologies   (United States)

^b NovaRay Medical Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluoroscopy; Imaging; X ray

Indexed keywords

A-FRAMES; ADULT PATIENTS; ANTI-SCATTER GRIDS; CLINICAL USE; DETECTOR ARRAYS; DOSE REDUCTION; DYNAMIC RANGE; FIXED NUMBERS; FLUOROSCOPY; FOCAL SPOT; FRAME TIME; FULL-FIELD; IMAGE BRIGHTNESS; IMAGING; LUNG FIELDS; PATIENT ANATOMY; PEDIATRIC PATIENTS; PHOTON COUNTING; RADIATION DOSE; REAL-TIME IMPLEMENTATIONS; REGION OF INTEREST; SIMULATION SOFTWARE; X-RAY DOSE; X-RAY SOURCES;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FLUORESCENT SCREENS; FOCUSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PEDIATRICS; REAL TIME CONTROL;

X RAYS;

EID: 79955786457     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.877250     Document Type: Conference Paper

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