Dimensionality and noise in energy selective x-ray imaging

Medical Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Alvarez, Robert E ^a  

^a Aprend Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

attenuation coefficient; dimensionality; dual energy; energy selective

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BONE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FUNCTIONS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; X RAY APPARATUS;

ATOMIC NUMBER CONTRAST; ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; DIMENSIONALITY; DUAL ENERGY; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; ENERGY SELECTIVE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATOR; X RAY IMAGING SYSTEM;

TISSUE;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; IODINE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORTICAL BONE; ENERGY SELECTIVE X RAY IMAGING; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; NOISE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOFT TISSUE; X RAY; ALGORITHM; BONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALGORITHMS; BONE AND BONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IODINE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHOTONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; X-RAYS;

EID: 84889664632     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4824057     Document Type: Article

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