State of the Art of CT Detectors and Sources: A Literature Review

Current Radiology Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 76-91

  Shefer, Efrat ^a   Altman, Ami ^a   Behling, Rolf ^a   Goshen, Raffy ^a   Gregorian, Lev ^a   Roterman, Yalon ^a   Uman, Igor ^a   Wainer, Naor ^a   Yagil, Yoad ^a   Zarchin, Oren ^a  

^a PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

CT detection components; CT detection systems; CT sources; Detection based spectral CT

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893110659     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21674825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40134-012-0006-4     Document Type: Article

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