Electronic portal imaging devices: A review and historical perspective of contemporary technologies and research

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2002, Pages

  Antonuk, Larry E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGING DEVICES;

IMAGE SENSORS; MEDICAL IMAGING;

RADIOTHERAPY;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRONICS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION PHYSICS; REVIEW; X RAY FILM;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC;

EID: 0037149519     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/47/6/201     Document Type: Review

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