X-ray procedure for removing scattered radiation and enhancing s

Details X-ray procedure for removing scattered radiation and enhancing s X-ray procedure for removing scattered radiation and enhancing s

1993-04-22

1995-08-08

Mancuso, Joseph

Image analysis

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Biomedical applications

36441319, 382275, G06K 900

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054406471

ABSTRACT:
An improved projection radiography procedure which provides for simultaneously removing scattered radiation and reducing noise with a Bayesian statistical estimation algorithm that results in an enhanced signal-to-noise ratio (SNR).

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