Monte Carlo studies of x-ray energy absorption and quantum noise in megavoltage transmission radiography

Medical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1995, Pages 1077-1088

  Jaffray, D A ^a   Battista, J J ^a   Fenster, A ^b   Munro, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

DQE; image quality; megavoltage; x ray absorption noise

Indexed keywords

IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT EMISSION; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOSPHORS; PLATE METAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; QUANTUM NOISE; TRANSMISSIONS; X RAY ABSORPTION; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; EGS4 MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MEGAVOLTAGE; MEGAVOLTAGE IMAGING; QUANTUM ABSORPTION; SECONDARY PARTICLES; X-RAY DETECTIONS; X-RAY INTERACTION;

X RAY DETECTORS;

ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; X RAY;

EID: 0029144630     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597593     Document Type: Article

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