Acuros CTS: A fast, linear Boltzmann transport equation solver for computed tomography scatter - Part I: Core algorithms and validation.

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Abstract

To describe Acuros® CTS, a new software tool for rapidly and accurately estimating scatter in x-ray projection images by deterministically solving the linear Boltzmann transport equation (LBTE).

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Journal

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Med Phys

Title: Medical physics

Publisher: Wiley

ISSN (Electronic): 2473-4209

ISSN (Print): 0094-2405

Publication date (Electronic): May 2018

Volume: 45

Issue: 5

Affiliations

[1 ] Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, CA, 94304, USA.

Article

Mid ID: NIHMS948726

DOI: 10.1002/mp.12850

PMC ID: 5948176

PubMed ID: 29509970

SO-VID: c3fdcc50-8ac5-4f38-ae15-6e70940b560f

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Keywords: discrete ordinates,scatter,finite element,deterministic calculation,cone-beam CT,Monte Carlo

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Keywords: discrete ordinates, scatter, finite element, deterministic calculation, cone-beam CT, Monte Carlo

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