Definitions of effective energy in computed tomography
- 1 March 1981
- journal article
- scientific note
- Published by IOP Publishing in Physics in Medicine & Biology
- Vol. 26 (2), 313-317
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/26/2/010
Abstract
3 distinct effective energies are considered: the effective linear attenuation coefficient energy; the Hounsfield number in a polyenergetic beam; the effective spectral spectral.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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