Energy-selective x-ray imaging and other topics
Topics covered are:
X-ray imaging
Energy Selective x-ray imaging
Computer-assisted diagnosis (future)
Image Analysis and computer vision (future)
A free ebook on the topics discussed in my blog is available. The ebook puts together and organizes all the blog posts in one document. This makes it easier to search for all discussions of a particular topic and to see the relatioships between the posts. There is a table of contents and the pdf has "bookmarks" so it is easy to jump from post to post. So far, the book is over 260 pages.
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The book is revised periodically. If you want an updated version, email me at the address above.
Latest Revision:
May 2, 2015
Blog posts
Estimator for contrast agents 3
Estimator for contrast agents 2
Estimator for contrast agents 1
Beam hardening 4:consistency
Beam hardening 3:nonlinear reconstruction
Beam hardening 2:the no-linearize theorem
Beam hardening 1
A neural net A-vector estimator?
SNR with pileup
Monte Carlo validation of variance formulas
The constant covariance approximation to the CRLB with pileup
Probability distribution with pileup
SNR with pileup-3: PHA detector statistics with pileup
SNR with pileup-2: Overall plan and NQ detector statistics with pileup
SNR with pileup-1: pileup model
Improve noise by throwing away photons?
Correlated noise reduction
Dimensionality and noise in energy selective x-ray imaging-Part 3
Dimensionality and noise in energy selective x-ray imaging-Part 2
Dimensionality and noise in energy selective x-ray imaging-Part 1
The SVD Approximation Theorem
Parameters for the new estimator
Rationale for the new estimator
Why is polynomial estimator variance so large?
Estimators for Energy-selective imaging-Part 1
Scientific blogging with LyX and eLyXer
Image SNR with energy-selective detectors
SNR versus tube voltage
Optional arguments in Matlab
Summary ebook available
Near optimal ... Status
The NKQ detector
NQ detector SNR
NQ detector statistics
SNR with PHA vs. number of bins
A-space covariance from x-ray detector noise
Detection theory with A-space data
Detection with multinormal data
Multivariate normal random variables
Normal probability models for x-ray measurements>
Applying statistical signal processing to x-ray imaging
Monte Carlo simulation of SNR with energy information
SNR with energy information
Logarithm of PHA with deadtime
PHA with deadtime---Monte Carlo simulation
Pulse Height Analysis with deadtime-theory
Deadtime-2 The energy spectrum
photon counting with deadtime-1
CT projection Simulator--2
A projection simulator--Matlab implementation
Curve intersection
Interection of Line Segments
A Line object--basic formulas
The uses of complex variables in Matlab
Matlab interface to the projection simulator
A projection simulator for image reconstruction research-- implementation
A projection simulator for image reconstruction research--rationale
An improved parallel projection image reconstructor for Matlab
The dimensionality of attenuation coefficients
Matrices, the singular value decomposition, and energy-selective imaging
A Matlab function to compute the attenuation coefficient
Cross-section and Attenuation Coefficient Physics