Dual Energy Algorithms and Post Processing Techniques
Abstract
Recently, dual energy CT has been routinely used in clinical practice for the applications of bone removal, kidney stone composition differentiation, gout identification, and generating virtual non-contrast images. This is mainly due to the material differentiation capability of dual energy CT in which patients are scanned with two distinguished beam energies. Processing algorithms used to obtain material-specific information were reviewed, including projection-based, image-based and hybrid methods. Pros and cons of each algorithm were compared. Different type of images generated from dual energy data sets (e.g. blended image, material-selective image and energy-selective image) were summarized and appropriate clinical applications were discussed. Finally, dose performance of dual energy CT, in comparison with single energy CT, was analyzed with the consideration of image quality.
Recommended Citation
C. H. McCollough et al., "Dual Energy Algorithms and Post Processing Techniques," Dual Energy CT in Clinical Practice, Springer Verlag, Jan 2011.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2010_36
Department(s)
Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science
Document Type
Book - Chapter
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Citation
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text
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English
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© 2011 Springer Verlag, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jan 2011
