Scattered radiation in portal images: A Monte Carlo simulation and a simple physical model

Medical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-73

  Swindell, William ^a   Evans, Philip M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EPID; Image quality; Megavoltage imaging; Portal imaging; Scattered radiation; Transit dosimetry

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; PHANTOMS; PHOTONS; RADIATION;

CYLINDRICAL PHANTOMS; EPID; HIGH ENERGY PHOTONS; MEGAVOLTAGE IMAGING; PORTAL IMAGING; SCATTER-TO-PRIMARY RATIO; SCATTERED RADIATIONS; SIMPLE PHYSICAL MODELS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; PHOTON; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030047716     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597792     Document Type: Article

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