Deconvolution of detector size effect for small field measurement

Medical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 1995, Pages 1663-1666

  Hiaains, Patrick D ^a   Sibata, Claudio H ^b   Siskind, Lisa ^a   Sohn, Jason W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

deconvolution; radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

DECONVOLUTION;

CYLINDRICAL CHAMBERS; DETECTOR RESPONSE; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FILM MEASUREMENT; PROFILE MEASUREMENT; RADIOSURGERY; SPHERICAL DETECTORS; STEREOTACTIC APPLICATIONS;

DATA ACQUISITION;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

EID: 0028799438     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597427     Document Type: Article

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