Demonstration of megavoltage and diagnostic x-ray imaging with hydrogenated amorphous silicon arrays

Medical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 1455-1466

  Street, Robert A ^c   Boudry, John ^a   Huana, Weidona ^a   McShan, Daniel L ^a   Morton, Edward J ^a   Yorkston, I John ^a  

^a Breast Oncology Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

amorphous silicon; diagnostic x ray imaging; digital; flat panel imagers; imaging; megavoltage portal imaging

Indexed keywords

SILICON DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; X RAY;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; HYDROGENATION; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SILICON; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026439069     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.596802     Document Type: Article

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