Temporal and spectral imaging with micro-CT

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 4943-4958

  Johnston, Samuel M ^a   Johnson, G Allan ^a   Badea, Cristian T ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac; dual energy; micro CT; small animal imaging; spectral

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BLOOD; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS EQUIPMENT; GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT; HEART; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; IODINE; ITERATIVE METHODS; LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; SPECTROSCOPY;

CARDIAC; DUAL ENERGY; MICRO CT; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING; SPECTRAL;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84864655643     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4736809     Document Type: Article

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