A CT calibration method based on the polybinary tissue model for radiotherapy treatment planning

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1053-1064

  Kanematsu, Nobuyuki ^a   Matsufuji, Naruhiro ^a   Kohno, Ryosuke ^a   Minohara, Shinichi ^a   Kanai, Tatsuaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CHARGED PARTICLES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ETHANOL; TISSUE;

POLYBINARY TISSUE MODEL;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ALCOHOL; FAT; POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; WATER;

ACCURACY; AIR; ARTICLE; BONE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; STOICHIOMETRY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MEAT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 0037691489     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/8/307     Document Type: Article

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