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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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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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