The performance of MARS-CT using Medipix3 for spectral imaging of soft-tissue

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 4002-4008

  Ronaldson, J P ^a   Butler, A P ^a,c   Anderson, N G ^a   Zainon, R ^b   Butler, P H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL IMAGING; SPECTROSCOPY; TISSUE;

BEAM HARDENING; RESEARCH APPLICATIONS; SOFT TISSUE; SPECTRAL IMAGING; SPECTROSCOPIC RESPONSE; TEST MATERIALS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84858650535     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6153761     Document Type: Conference Paper

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