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3D Imaging of Soft-Tissue Samples using an X-ray Specific Staining Method and Nanoscopic Computed Tomography
Published on: October 24, 2019
A novel algorithm for extracting soft-tissue and bone images measured using a photon-counting type X-ray imaging
Natsumi Kimoto1, Hiroaki Hayashi1, Cheonghae Lee2
1College of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Ishikawa, 920-0942, Japan.
Abstract:
Most of the objects targeted for X-ray examination are composed of soft-tissue and bone. We aimed to develop an algorithm for generating X-ray images which can give quantitative information of soft-tissue and bone using an energy-resolving photon-counting type imaging detector. We used polychromatic X-rays for analysis in which both the beam hardening effect and detector response were properly corrected and then succeeded in virtually treating the amount of measured X-ray attenuation as if it were measured using monochromatic X-rays.
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