A cone-beam megavoltage CT scanner for treatment verification in conformal radiotherapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 319-328

  Mosleh Shirazi, Mohammad Amin ^a   Evans, Philip M ^a   Swindell, William ^a   Webb, Steve ^a   Partridge, Mike ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cone beam reconstruction; Conformal radiotherapy; Detector performance; Electronic portal imaging; Megavoltage computed tomography; Treatment verification

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DETECTION; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE SLICE;

EID: 0031790660     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(98)00042-5     Document Type: Article

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