Clinical applications of a dual-energy KCD

Robert J. Endorf; Sunil Kulatunga; David C. Spelic; Stephen R. Thomas; Frank A. DiBianca; George C. Giakos; Herbert D. Zeman

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26 May 1994 Clinical applications of a dual-energy KCD

Robert J. Endorf, Sunil Kulatunga, David C. Spelic, Stephen R. Thomas, Frank A. DiBianca, George C. Giakos, Herbert D. Zeman

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Proceedings Volume 2132, Clinical Applications of Modern Imaging Technology II; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.176566
Event: OE/LASE '94, 1994, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

We have investigated possible clinical applications of a Kinestatic Charge Detector (KCD) for dual-energy x-ray imaging. The KCD is a good candidate as a detector for dual-energy radiography, because it is a digital detector with a high detective quantum efficiency, good spatial resolution and good scatter rejection. Computer simulations have been performed to design and optimize dual-energy KCDs for specific clinical applications. The clinical applications that have been investigated for dual-energy KCD imaging are chest radiography, mammography and osteoporosis. Experimental data have also been taken with a small research dual-energy KCD.

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Robert J. Endorf, Sunil Kulatunga, David C. Spelic, Stephen R. Thomas, Frank A. DiBianca, George C. Giakos, and Herbert D. Zeman "Clinical applications of a dual-energy KCD", Proc. SPIE 2132, Clinical Applications of Modern Imaging Technology II, (26 May 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.176566

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