Head and body CTDIw of dual-energy x-ray CT with fast-kVp switching

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7622, Issue PART 2, 2010, Pages

  Li, Baojun ^a   Yadava, Girijesh ^b   Hsieh, Jiang ^b   Chandra, Naveen ^b   Kulpins, Mary Sue ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; CTDIw; Dosimetry; Dual energy; Fast kVp switching

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY SCANNING; BOWTIE FILTERS; CT; CTDIW; DETECTABILITY; DUAL-ENERGY; DUAL-ENERGY CT; DUAL-ENERGY X-RAY CT; FLUX RATIO; IEC STANDARDS; LOW CONTRAST; MEASUREMENT TOOLS; OBJECT SIZE; SLICE THICKNESS; TUBE CURRENTS; TUBE VOLTAGES; X RAY GENERATORS;

DOSIMETRY; ITERATIVE METHODS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTIMIZATION; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84873904116     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.844314     Document Type: Conference Paper

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