Optical CT reconstruction of 3D dose distributions using the ferrous- benzoic-xylenol (FBX) gel dosimeter

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1741-1750

  Kelly, R G ^a   Jordan, K J ^a   Battista, J J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D dosimetry; FBX gel; Gelatin; Optical tomography

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; REACTION KINETICS; SCANNING; X RAYS;

ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; GELATIN; OPTICAL ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; OPTICAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; REFLECTION AND REFRACTIONS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); TRANSMISSION PROFILES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

BENZOIC ACID; FERROUS ION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; GEL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031691208     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598356     Document Type: Article

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