Iterative correction of beam hardening artifacts in CT
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Iterative correction of beam hardening artifacts in CT.
PURPOSE To reduce beam hardening artifacts in CT in case of an unknown x-ray spectrum and unknown material properties. METHODS The authors assume that the object can be segmented into a few materials with different attenuation coefficients, and parameterize the spectrum using a small number of energy bins. The corresponding unknown spectrum parameters and material attenuation values are estim...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Physics
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0094-2405
DOI: 10.1118/1.3577758