Title :
Guest Editorial Special Issue on Spectral CT
Author :
Wang, Ge ; Butler, Anthony ; Yu, Hengyong ; Campbell, Michael
Author_Institution :
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Imaging Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA
Abstract :
This special issue serves as a forum of high visibility and synergy to promote the momentum of spectral CT. Through a rigorous peer-review process, 14 high-quality papers1 have been included from leading groups around the world. These papers give a panorama of the state of the art, addressing challenges in detector and source technologies, image reconstruction, material decomposition, performance evaluation, biomedical, and other applications.
Keywords :
Computed tomography; Detectors; Image reconstruction; Medical image processing; Photonics; Special issues and sections; X--ray imaging;
Journal_Title :
Medical Imaging, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMI.2015.2404591