TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hsieh,Jiang
ED  - SPIE (Society)
TI  - Computed tomography: principles, design, artifacts, and recent advances 
SN  - 9780470563533
AV  - RC78.7.T6 H757 2009
U1  - 616.07572 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Hoboken, N.J., Bellingham, Wash.
PB  - Wiley Interscience, SPIE Press
KW  - Tomography
KW  - Tomography, X-Ray Computed
KW  - Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed
KW  - trends
KW  - instrumentation
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1.  Introduction -- Conventional X-ray Tomography -- History of Computed Tomography -- Different Generations of CT Scanners; 2.  Preliminaries -- Mathematics Fundamentals -- Fundamentals of X-ray Physics -- Measurement of Line Integrals and Data Conditioning -- Sampling Geometry and Sinogram; 3.  Image Reconstruction -- Introduction -- Several Approaches to Image Reconstruction -- The Fourier Slice Theorem -- The Filtered Backprojection Algorithm -- Fan-Beam Reconstruction -- Iterative Reconstruction; 4.  Image Presentation -- CT Image Display -- Volume Visualization -- Impact of Visualization Tools; 5.  Key Performance Parameters of the CT Scanner -- High-Contrast Spatial Resolution -- Low-Contrast Resolution -- Temporal Resolution -- CT Number Accuracy and Noise -- Performance of the Scanogram; 6.  Major Components of the CT Scanner -- System Overview -- The X-ray Tube and High-Voltage Generator -- The X-ray Detector and Data-Acquisition Electronics -- The Gantry and Slip Ring -- Collimation and Filtration -- The Reconstruction Engine; 7.  Image Artifacts: Appearances, Causes, and Corrections -- What Is an Image Artifact? -- Different Appearances of Image Artifacts -- Artifacts Related to System Design -- Artifacts Related to X-ray Tubes -- Detector-induced Artifacts -- Patient-induced Artifacts -- Operator-induced Artifacts; 8.  Computer Simulation and Analysis -- What Is Computer Simulation? -- Simulation Overview -- Simulation of Optics -- Computer Simulation of Physics-related Performance; 9.  Helical or Spiral CT -- Introduction -- Terminology and Reconstruction -- Slice Sensitivity Profile and Noise -- Helically Related Image Artifacts; 10.  Multislice CT -- The Need for Multislice CT -- Detector Configurations of Multislice CT -- Nonhelical Mode of Reconstruction -- Multislice Helical Reconstruction -- Multislice Artifacts; 11.  X-ray Radiation and Dose-Reduction Techniques -- Biological Effects of X-ray Radiation -- Measurement of X-ray dose -- Methodologies for Dose Reduction; 12.  Advanced CT Applications -- Introduction -- Cardiac Imaging -- CT Fluoroscopy -- CT Perfusion -- Screening and Quantitative CT -- Dual-Energy CT
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1009/2009004797-t.html
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UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1604/2009004797-b.html
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