Megavoltage CT on a tomotherapy system

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2597-2621

  Ruchala, K J ^a   Olivera, G H ^a   Schloesser, E A ^a   Mackie, T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032823683     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/44/10/316     Document Type: Article

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