Published October 2000
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Development of dual energy x-ray CT
- 1. National Inst. of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Chiba (Japan)
Description
A synchrotron light source dedicated to medical applications has been designed at National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS). One of the most interesting applications of synchrotron radiation is dual energy x-ray computed tomography (CT). It gives us quantitative information about an electron density. The information plays an important role in advancing heavy ion radiotherapy of cancers, which is being performed at NIRS. The dual energy x-ray CT has been under development with basic experiments which were performed at the synchrotron radiation facilities of KEK and SPring8. In this paper, the development is briefly described. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Title
- Proceedings of the third symposium on accelerator and related technology for application
- Imprint Pagination
- 121 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 111-114
Conference
- Title
- 3. symposium on accelerator and related technology for application
- Acronym
- ARTA 2000
- Dates
- 16-17 Oct 2000
- Place
- Tokyo (Japan)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Japan
- Country of Input or Organization
- Japan
- INIS RN
- 41054836
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference, Non-conventional Literature
- Descriptors DEI
- ATOMIC NUMBER; CARCINOMAS; CAT SCANNING; DIAGNOSTIC USES; ELECTRON DENSITY; HEAVY IONS; JAPANESE ORGANIZATIONS; KEK SYNCHROTRON; RADIOTHERAPY; SPRING-8 STORAGE RING; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RADIATION
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCELERATORS; BREMSSTRAHLUNG; CHARGED PARTICLES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; IONIZING RADIATIONS; IONS; MEDICINE; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIATION SOURCES; RADIATIONS; RADIOLOGY; STORAGE RINGS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION SOURCES; SYNCHROTRONS; THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY; USES