Image-based synthetic CT: Simulating arbitrary low dose single and dual energy protocols from dual energy images

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 8313, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Wang, Adam S ^a,b   Feng, Charles ^a,b   Pelc, Norbert J ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual energy; low dose; protocol optimization; simulated noise; synthetic CT

Indexed keywords

DUAL ENERGY; LOW DOSE; PROTOCOL OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATED NOISE; SYNTHETIC CT;

DIGITAL TELEVISION; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL IMAGING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84860356694     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.912163     Document Type: Conference Paper

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