Sensitivity of photon-counting based K-Edge Imaging in X-ray computed tomography

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1678-1690

  Roessl, Ewald ^a   Brendel, Bernhard ^a   Engel, Klaus Jrgen ^a   Schlomka, Jens Peter ^a   Thran, Axel ^a   Proksa, Roland ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); photon counting; spectral K edge imaging

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC NUMBERS; ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; CDTE PIXEL DETECTORS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MATERIAL; CT SIMULATION; EDGE ENERGY; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; ENERGY THRESHOLDS; HEAVY ELEMENTS; K-EDGE IMAGING; OBJECT SIZE; PHOTON COUNTING; PHOTON RATES; PHYSICAL EFFECTS; PULSE PILE-UP; SCATTERED X-RAYS; SIGNAL LOSS; SIGNAL TO NOISE; SNR VALUES; SPECTRAL RESPONSE; SPECTRAL RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENTS; X RAY SPECTRUM; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY DETECTOR; X-RAY TUBE VOLTAGES;

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; DETECTORS; MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTONS; SCANNING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY APPARATUS; X RAY TUBES; X RAYS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ALGORITHMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOMETRY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80052279399     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2011.2142188     Document Type: Article

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