Order of magnitude sensitivity increase in X-ray fluorescence computed tomography (XFCT) imaging with an optimized spectro-spatial detector configuration: Theory and simulation

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1119-1128

  Ahmad, Moiz ^a   Bazalova, Magdalena ^a   Xiang, Liangzhong ^a   Xing, Lei ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT) physics; molecular imaging; system design; X ray imaging

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DETECTORS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOISOTOPE GAGES; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ACQUISITION GEOMETRY; DETECTOR CONFIGURATION; DETECTOR ORIENTATION; MONOENERGETIC SOURCES; OPTIMIZED CONFIGURATION; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; XRAY IMAGING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; THEORY; X RAY; X RAY DETECTOR; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; X RAY TUBE; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MOUSE; PROCEDURES; SPECTROMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84899710961     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2014.2305101     Document Type: Article

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