Cone-beam Computed Tomography (CT) for a megavoltage Linear Accelerator (LINAC) using an Electronic Portal Imaging Device (EPID) and the Algebraic Reconstruction Technique (ART)

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 4, Issue , 2000, Pages 2875-2878

  Mueller, K ^a   Chang, J ^b   Amols, H ^b   Ling, C C ^b  

^a Stony Brook   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ART; Cone beam CT; EPID; Image reconstruction; Megavoltage LINAC

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DOSIMETRY; ERRORS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ITERATIVE METHODS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ALGEBRAIC RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICE; GRAPHICS HARDWARE; MEGAVOLTAGE LINEAR ACCELERATOR; NEGATIVE ALGORITHMS; PHANTOMS; PIXEL; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034443766     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2000.901474     Document Type: Article

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