Rapid portal imaging with a high-efficiency, large field-of-view detector

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2333-2346

  Mosleh Shirazi, M A ^a,b   Evans, P M ^a   Swindell, W ^a   Symonds Tayler, J R N ^a   Webb, S ^a   Partridge, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Detector performance; Electronic portal imaging; Patient positioning; Treatment verification

Indexed keywords

CESIUM IODIDE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; EFFICIENCY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; PATIENT TREATMENT; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; X RAYS;

CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY; DETECTOR PERFORMANCE; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; TREATMENT VERIFICATION;

X RAY DETECTORS;

CESIUM;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIOTHERAPY; SCINTILLATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; X RAY;

EID: 0032425559     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598443     Document Type: Article

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