Optimized low-kV spectrum of dual-energy CT equipped with high-kV tin filtration for electron density measurements

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2850-2858

  Saito, Masatoshi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

beam hardening; dual energy CT; effective atomic number; electron density; tin filter

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BONE; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONS; ERRORS; HARDENING; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS; TIN; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

BEAM HARDENING; COMMERCIAL IMPLEMENTATION; DUAL-ENERGY CT; EFFECTIVE ATOMIC NUMBER; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; SPECTRAL OPTIMIZATION; SPECTRAL PARAMETERS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

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EID: 79958838949     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3584200     Document Type: Article

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