Relative properties of tomography, K edge imaging, and K edge tomography

R. A. Kruger, S. J. Riederer, C. A. Mistretta

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Abstract

The properties of tomography, K edge imaging, and K edge tomography are discussed in relation to the imaging of small concentrations of elements such as iodine and xenon and are compared by means of phantom images. It is demonstrated that the complementary selectivities provided by depth and energy subtraction are combined in K edge tomography. Using a three spectrum subtraction technique, the iodine difference signal predicted by computer calculations is on the order of 8000 times that of an equal concentration of bone. The corresponding ratio in tomography without energy subtraction is 20:1. It is argued that K edge tomography can successfully eliminate artifacts due to tissue inhomogeneities which presently enable 0.6% variations in tissue attenuation to mimic minimum detectable iodine signals in conventional computed tomography. Various instrumentation possibilities and energy subtraction techniques are discussed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)244-249
Number of pages6
JournalMedical physics
Volume4
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1977

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biophysics
  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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