DocumentCode
2615150
Title
Characterization of biological tissues using X-ray attenuation data
Author
Baldazzi, G. ; Rossi, P.L. ; Masetti, S. ; Turco, A. ; Fiaschetti, M. ; Lanconelli, N. ; Bianchini, D. ; Roma, L. ; Nicoletti, G. ; Lollini, P.L.
Author_Institution
Physics Dep.t of the University of Bologna, viale Berti Pichat 6/2 - 40127 ITALY
fYear
2008
fDate
19-25 Oct. 2008
Firstpage
4798
Lastpage
4802
Abstract
The possibility to visualize pathological tissues - for example tumor neo-angiogenesis pattern-, using new X-ray imaging technique (such as Multi-Energy subtraction X-ray Imaging) is strictly related to an accurate knowledge of the X-ray absorption coefficients. Unfortunately, μ(E) values are partially derived from Monte Carlo simulation and known only for a little number of pathologies.
Keywords
Atomic measurements; Attenuation measurement; Biological materials; Biological tissues; Chemical analysis; Data mining; Density measurement; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Pathology; X-ray imaging;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2008. NSS '08. IEEE
Conference_Location
Dresden, Germany
ISSN
1095-7863
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-2714-7
Electronic_ISBN
1095-7863
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774316
Filename
4774316
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