Megavoltage CT image reconstruction during tomotherapy treatments

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3545-3562

  Ruchala, K J ^a   Olivera, G H ^a,b   Kapatoes, J M ^a   Scloesser, E A ^a   Reckwerdt, P J ^a   Makie, T R ^a,b  

^a TOMOTHERAPY INC   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0034536973     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/45/12/303     Document Type: Article

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