Spectral CT: A technology primer for contrast agent development

Contrast Media and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 62-70

  Schirra, Carsten O ^a   Brendel, Bernhard ^b   Anastasio, Mark A ^c   Roessl, Ewald ^b  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Energy resolved CT; K edge imaging; K edge materials; Statistical image reconstruction

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPECTRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TECHNOLOGY;

CONTRAST AGENTS; ENERGY-RESOLVED CT; K-EDGE IMAGING; K-EDGE MATERIALS; STATISTICAL IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84893066655     PISSN: 15554309     EISSN: 15554317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmmi.1573     Document Type: Article

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