Preliminary X-ray CT investigation to link Hounsfield unit measurements with the International System of Units (SI).

PURPOSE:This paper lays the groundwork for linking Hounsfield unit measurements to the International System of Units (SI), ultimately enabling traceable measurements across X-ray CT (XCT) machines. We do this by characterizing a material basis that may be used in XCT reconstruction giving linear com...

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Main Authors: Zachary H Levine, Adele P Peskin, Andrew D Holmgren, Edward J Garboczi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208820