Investigation into the physical characteristics of active matrix flat panel imagers for radiotherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1689-1695

  Lachaine, M ^a,b   Fourkal, E ^a   Fallone, B G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

AMFPI; Amorphous selenium; Cascade analysis; DQE; EPID; Front plate; Monte Carlo; Phosphor; Scatter

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORS; SCATTERING;

AMFPI; AMORPHOUS SELENIUM; CASCADE ANALYSIS; EPID; FRONT PLATES;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

PHOSPHORUS; SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; ENERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RADIOTHERAPY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THICKNESS;

EID: 0034850527     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1388895     Document Type: Article

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