Characterization of a fluoroscopic imaging system for kV and MV radiography

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 898-905

  Drake, D G ^a,b   Jaffray, D A ^a,b   Wong, J W ^a,b  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Detective quantum efficiency; Kilovoltage; Megavoltage; Portal imaging

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MULTIVARIABLE SYSTEMS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; QUANTUM NOISE; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY TUBES; X RAYS;

DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; KILOVOLTAGE; LINEAR SYSTEMS MODELS; LOW-SPATIAL FREQUENCY; MEGAVOLTAGE; ON-LINE LOCALIZATION; PATIENT SETUP ERRORS; PORTAL IMAGING;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; LINEAR SYSTEM; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; PATIENT POSITIONING; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; X RAY TUBE;

EID: 0034121931     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598955     Document Type: Article

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