Authors: Craig K Abbey, John M. Boone, Richard E. Colbeth, Andrew M. Hernandez, Vance Robinson, Paul Schwoebel, Jeffrey H. Siewerdsen, Alejandro Sisniega, Wojciech B. Zbijewski, Huanyi Zhou
Affiliation: UC Santa Barbara, University of California, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, University of New Mexico Albuquerque, UC Davis Health, Varex Imaging Corporation
Abstract Preview: Purpose: A new CT configuration utilizing a multiple X-ray-source array (MXA) is under development to mitigate cone-beam (CB) artifacts in single-rotation wide coverage imaging. We investigate the sam...
Authors: Craig K Abbey, John M. Boone, Richard E. Colbeth, Andrew M. Hernandez, Vance Robinson, Paul Schwoebel, Jeffrey H. Siewerdsen, Alejandro Sisniega, Wojciech B. Zbijewski, Huanyi Zhou
Affiliation: UC Santa Barbara, University of California, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, University of New Mexico Albuquerque, UC Davis Health, Varex Imaging Corporation
Abstract Preview: Purpose: A Multiple-X-ray Source Array (MXA) for CT (MXA-CT) is under development to mitigate cone beam artifacts in axial CT scans using wide collimation. The purpose of this study is to assess the i...
Authors: Craig K Abbey, John M. Boone, Richard E. Colbeth, Andrew M. Hernandez, Sarah E. McKenney, Vance Robinson, Paul Schwoebel, Jeffrey H. Siewerdsen, Alejandro Sisniega, Wojciech B. Zbijewski
Affiliation: UC Santa Barbara, University of California, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, University of New Mexico Albuquerque, UC Davis Health, Varex Imaging Corporation
Abstract Preview: Purpose:
While wide coverage (160 mm) CT scanners can image whole organs (e.g. heart, brain, kidneys, etc.) in one axial scan, the peripheral regions of the field of view (along z) suffer from cons...