Monte carlo simulations of the imaging performance of metal plate/phosphor screens used in radiotherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2113-2124

  Kausch, C ^a,b   Schreiber, B ^a   Kreuder, F ^a   Schmidt, R ^b   Dossel O ^c  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

DQE(f); Image quality; Metal plate phosphor screens; Monte Carlo Simulation; MTF(f); NPS(f); Portal images

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; LENSES; LIGHT EMISSION; METALS; PHOSPHORS; PHOTONS; PLATE METAL; RADIOTHERAPY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; VIDEO CAMERAS; X RAYS;

DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; DQE(F); ELECTRON-GAMMA SHOWER CODES; IMAGING PERFORMANCE; METAL PLATES; NOISE POWER SPECTRUM; PORTAL IMAGES; QUANTUM ABSORPTION;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; X RAY;

EID: 0032706876     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598727     Document Type: Article

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