Dual kilovoltage at computed tomography: A prereconstruction method for estimation of effective atomic number and electron density

✍ Scribed by W. H. Marshall; R. Alvarez; A. Macovski; J. Healy; L. M. Zatz

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1978
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 201 KB
• Volume: 16
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0028-3940
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00395377

✦ Synopsis

Some of the prior efforts at using postreconstruction dual kilovoltage CT scans to obtain an effective atomic number and electron density are reviewed. A prereconstruction method which avoids beam hardening is applied to a phantom and a beginning clinical trial is described.