Implementation of dual-energy technique for virtual monochromatic and linearly mixed CBCTs

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 6056-6064

  Li, Hao ^a   Giles, William ^b   Ren, Lei ^b   Bowsher, James ^b   Yin, Fang Fang ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cone beam computed tomography; dual energy; image guided radiotherapy; linearly mixed; virtual monochromatic

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HARDENING; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IODINE; METALS; PHANTOMS; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE;

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; LINEARLY MIXED; VIRTUAL MONOCHROMATIC;

VIRTUAL MACHINE;

EID: 84867307210     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4752212     Document Type: Article

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