Potential of dual-energy subtraction for converting CT numbers to electron density based on a single linear relationship

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2021-2030

  Saito, Masatoshi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CT number; dual energy CT; dual source CT; electron density; energy subtraction

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM CHLORIDE; ATOMS; CALIBRATION; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONS; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ACQUISITION; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHANTOMS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; SCANNING; TIN; TISSUE;

COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; DUAL-ENERGY CT; DUAL-ENERGY SUBTRACTION; DUAL-SOURCE CT; EFFECTIVE ATOMIC NUMBER; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; ENERGY SUBTRACTION; RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

APSEUDES;

EID: 84861591121     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3694111     Document Type: Article

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