Multi-energy performance of a research prototype CT scanner with small-pixel counting detector

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 8668, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kappler, S ^a   Henning, A ^a   Krauss, B ^a   Schoeck, F ^a   Stierstorfer, K ^a   Weidinger, T ^a   Flohr, T ^a  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CT; Dual energy CT; Photon counting; Spectral CT

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL APPLICATION; CT; DUAL-ENERGY CT; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; MATERIAL SEPARATION; MATHEMATICAL FRAMEWORKS; PHOTON COUNTING; SPECTRAL CT;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DETECTORS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MEDICAL IMAGING;

SCANNING;

EID: 84878322884     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2006747     Document Type: Conference Paper

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