Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 44, Issue 5, 0515001(2024)

Dual-Energy CT Base Material Decomposition Method Based on Multi-Channel Cross-Convolution UCTransNet

Fan Wu1, Tong Jin1, Guorui Zhan1, Jingjing Xie1, Jin Liu1,2、*, and Yikun Zhang2,3
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Computer and Information, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu 241000, Anhui , China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Computer Network and Information Integration (Southeast University), Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210096, Jiangsu , China
  • 3Laboratory of Image Science and Technology, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, Jiangsu , China
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    Fan Wu, Tong Jin, Guorui Zhan, Jingjing Xie, Jin Liu, Yikun Zhang. Dual-Energy CT Base Material Decomposition Method Based on Multi-Channel Cross-Convolution UCTransNet[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2024, 44(5): 0515001

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    Category: Machine Vision

    Received: Oct. 31, 2023

    Accepted: Dec. 14, 2023

    Published Online: Mar. 19, 2024

    The Author Email: Liu Jin (liujin@ahpu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS231715

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