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Resolution characterization of a silicon-based, photon-counting computed tomography prototype capable of patient scanning

da Silva et al., 2019

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11390768085899640262
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da Silva J
Grönberg F
Cederström B
Persson M
Sjölin M
Alagic Z
Bujila R
Danielsson M
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Journal of Medical Imaging

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Photon-counting detectors are expected to bring a range of improvements to patient imaging with x-ray computed tomography (CT). One is higher spatial resolution. We demonstrate the resolution obtained using a commercial CT scanner where the original energy-integrating …
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