Photon-counting detectors for digital radiography and X-Ray computed tomography

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 10313, Issue , 2002, Pages 367-369

  Johns, Paul C ^a   Dubeau, Jacques ^b   Gobbi, David G ^a,c   Li, Mei ^a   Dixit, Madhu S ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b 920 Chemin Cook   (Canada)

^c TRIUMF   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RESOLUTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; XENON;

DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DUAL-ENERGY RADIOGRAPHY; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; MEDICAL X-RAY IMAGING; PHOTON COUNTING DETECTORS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 85037530711     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2283929     Document Type: Conference Paper

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