Cone-beam computed tomography with a flat-panel imager: Initial performance characterization

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1311-1323

  Jaffray, D A ^a   Siewerdsen, J H ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon; Cone beam computed tomography; Flat panel imager; Image guided therapy; Radiotherapy; Volume imaging

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVE NOISE; ADDITIVES; AMORPHOUS SILICON; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; RADIOTHERAPY; SCANNING; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; TISSUE; X RAYS;

A-SI:H THIN FILM TRANSISTOR; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLAT-PANEL IMAGERS; FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT TRANSFER; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERIZATION; VOLUME IMAGING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034086714     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.599009     Document Type: Article

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