Correction of scatter in megavoltage cone-beam CT

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 821-833

  Spies, L ^a,b   Ebert, M ^a   Groh, B A ^a   Hesse, B M ^a   Bortfeld, T ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DEVICE; ELECTRON; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; METHODOLOGY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION SCATTERING; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THICKNESS;

EID: 0035103636     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/46/3/316     Document Type: Article

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