Empirical multiple energy calibration (EMEC) for material-selective CT

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 4222-4229

  Maaß, Nicole ^a   Sawall, Stefan ^a   Knaup, Michael ^a   Kachelrieß, Marc ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOTONS; X RAY APPARATUS; X RAY DETECTORS; X RAYS;

CALIBRATION PHANTOM; CALIBRATION PROCESS; DUAL-ENERGY IMAGING; ENERGY CALIBRATION; HIGH IMAGE QUALITY; LINEAR COMBINATIONS; SPECTRAL PROPERTIES; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84858668754     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6153810     Document Type: Conference Paper

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