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Relative properties of tomography, K ‐edge imaging, and K ‐edge tomography
Author(s) -
Kruger R. A.,
Riederer S. J.,
Mistretta C. A.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.594374
Subject(s) - tomography , subtraction , imaging phantom , k edge , enhanced data rates for gsm evolution , physics , nuclear medicine , materials science , optics , mathematics , computer science , medicine , artificial intelligence , absorption spectroscopy , arithmetic
The properties of tomography, K ‐edge imaging, and K ‐edge tomography are discussed in relation to the imaging of small concentrations of elements such as iodine and xenon and are compared by means of phantom images. It is demonstrated that the complementary selectivities provided by depth and energy subtraction are combined in K ‐edge tomography. Using a three‐spectrum subtraction technique, the iodine difference signal predicted by computer calculations is on the order of 8000 times that of an equal concentration of bone. The corresponding ratio in tomography without energy subtraction is 20:1. It is argued that K ‐edge tomography can successfully eliminate artifacts due to tissue inhomogeneities which presently enable 0.6% variations in tissue attenuation to mimic minimum detectable iodine signals in conventional computed tomography. Various instrumentation possibilities and energy subtraction techniques are discussed.