Determination Of Inherent Contrast Resolution In X-Ray Imaging Using Electron Density And Effective Atomic Number Differences

1984 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank A. DiBianca ◽  
Joan E. Fetter ◽  
Marion D. Barker
Keyword(s):  
Electron Density ◽  
Atomic Number ◽  
Effective Atomic Number ◽  
Contrast Resolution ◽  
X Ray ◽  
X Ray Imaging

Electron Density and Effective Atomic Number Measurement by Using a Newly Developing Photon Counting CT System

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 93-99
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Sakurai ◽  
Kazushi Hoshi ◽  
Yosuke Harasawa ◽  
Daiki Ono ◽  
Kun Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Density ◽  
Atomic Number ◽  
Photon Counting ◽  
Effective Atomic Number ◽  
Image Data ◽  
Detector Response ◽  
Simple Method ◽  
Attenuation Coefficients ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Ct System

We developed the photon counting CT system by using a conventional laboratory X-ray source and a CdTe line sensor. Attenuation coefficients were obtained from the measured CT image data. Our suggested method for deriving the electron density and effective atomic number from the measured attenuation coefficients was tested experimentally. The accuracy of the electron densities and effective atomic numbers are about <5 % (the averages of absolute values are 2.6 % and 3.1 %, respectively) for material of 6< Z and Zeff <13. Our suggested simple method, in which we do not need the exact source X-ray spectrum and detector response function, achieves comparable accuracy to the previous reports.

Computer reconstructed X-ray imaging

1979 ◽  
Vol 292 (1390) ◽  
pp. 223-232 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Resolution ◽  
Atomic Number ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Precise Determination ◽  
Diagnostic Methods ◽  
X Ray ◽  
X Ray Imaging ◽  
Internal Structures ◽  
Transmission Measurements

Computed tomography is a method for obtaining a series of radiographic pictures of contiguous slices through a solid object such as the human body. Each picture is computed from a set of X-ray transmission measurements and represents the distribution of X-ray attenuation in the slice. The high sensitivity of the method to changes in both density and atomic number has resulted in the development of new diagnostic methods in medicine. The limitations of the method are discussed in terms of two particular kinds of application. First, those applications in which a very precise determination of density or atomic number is required, but at low spatial resolution; an example would be the determination of the uniformity of mixture of plastics or metals. The second kind of application is that requiring high spatial resolution as in the detection of cracks and the visualization of internal structures in complicated objects.

Mass Determination Algorithms Using High Energy Digital Radiography

2015 ◽  
Vol 1085 ◽  
pp. 455-459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergei P. Osipov ◽  
Vasilii A. Klimenov ◽  
Oleg S. Osipov ◽  
Vil'dan D. Samigullin ◽  
Aleksandr M. Shtein
Keyword(s):  
Test Object ◽  
Effective Atomic Number ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Mass Determination ◽  
Radiographic Images ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Large Size ◽  
X Ray Imaging ◽  
Cargo Inspection

The paper presents foundations of the algorithm of processing primary radiographic images of large-size cargoes that allows determination of their masses. Two possible approaches to form definite algorithm of processing radiographic information were analyzed. The choice of the approaches depends on the completeness of information about the test object. The first approach to design mass determination algorithm is connected with inspecting industrial products. Industrial inspecting products are characterized by a completeness of information about the material, its structure, the geometry. The information augmented by selecting maximum X-ray energy and calibrating by test object allows determination the mass of inspecting object by the only radiographic image with high precision. The second approach is caused by indeterminacy and incomplete information about inspecting object. This case is typical for problems of cargo inspection. Corresponding algorithm modification is based on using dual-energy X-ray imaging that allows determination of the effective atomic number of test object and provision of the required precision of mass estimation.

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