CT number definition

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 358-361

  Bryant, J A ^a   Drage, N A ^a   Richmond, S ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D imaging; CT; X ray physics

Indexed keywords

3D IMAGING; CT; CT SCANNERS; DATA TREATMENT; LONG DURATION; LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT; PHOTON ENERGY; STANDARD BASIS; STANDARD MEASUREMENTS; TECHNICAL LIMITATIONS; X-RAY PHYSICS;

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; STANDARDS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY NUMBER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; ENERGY; MASS ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; PHOTON ENERGY; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD; STANDARD REFERENCE ENERGY;

EID: 84856392754     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: 18790895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2011.12.026     Document Type: Article

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