On the relationship between computed tomography numbers and specific gravity
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Physics in Medicine & Biology
- Vol. 26 (1) , 141-147
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/26/1/014
Abstract
Derives an explicit relation and presents the results of phantom studies which confirm the relationship to (in most cases) an accuracy of +or-0.3% or better.Keywords
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