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Dual Kilovoltage at Computed Tomography: A Prereconstruction Method for Estimation of Effective Atomic Number and Electron Density

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Proceedings of the XI. Symposium Neuroradiologicum

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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.

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  1. Stanford University School of Medical, Stanford, California, USA

    W. H. Marshall Jr. MD, R. Alvarez, A. Macovski, J. Healy & L. M. Zatz

  2. Department of Radiology, Stanford University Medical School, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA

    W. H. Marshall Jr. MD

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  1. W. H. Marshall Jr. MD
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  2. R. Alvarez
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  1. Abteilung für Neuroradiologie, Universitätsklinik Mainz, Langenbeckstraße 1, D-6500, Mainz, Germany

    Sigurd Wende

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Marshall, W.H., Alvarez, R., Macovski, A., Healy, J., Zatz, L.M. (1978). Dual Kilovoltage at Computed Tomography: A Prereconstruction Method for Estimation of Effective Atomic Number and Electron Density. In: Wende, S. (eds) Proceedings of the XI. Symposium Neuroradiologicum. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66959-0_193

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