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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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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 heardening is applied to a phantom and a beginning clinical trial is described.

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

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

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Marshall, W.H., Alvarez, R., Macovski, A. et al. Dual kilovoltage at computed tomography: A prereconstruction method for estimation of effective atomic number and electron density. Neuroradiology 16, 605–606 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00395377

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