CCD imaging for optical tomography of gel radiation dosimeters

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2508-2513

  Wolodzko, John G ^a   Marsden, Craig ^a   Appleby, Alan ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CCD; Ferrous sulphate; Fricke dosimeter; Gel dosimeter; Optical tomography; Radiation dosimetry

Indexed keywords

CCD CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SOURCES; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PARTICLE BEAMS; RADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ABSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS; FERROUS SULPHATE; FLUORESCENT LIGHT SOURCES; FRICKE DOSIMETERS; GEL DOSIMETER; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENTS; TOMOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

FERROUS SULFATE; GELATIN; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; CAMERA; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DOSIMETER; GEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY; VARIANCE;

EID: 0032692176     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598772     Document Type: Article

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