Determining optimal gel sensitivity in optical CT scanning of gel dosimeters

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2257-2263

  Xu, Y ^a   Wuu, Cheng Shie ^a   Maryanski, Marek J ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b MGS Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DENSITY (OPTICAL); DENSITY MEASUREMENT (OPTICAL); DOSIMETERS; SCANNING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE VERIFICATION; EFFECTIVE DYNAMICS; INTENSITY VARIATIONS; ROTATIONAL ANGLE; STRAIGHT-LINE PATHS; TRANSVERSE PLANES; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE CALCULATION; FILM; GEL; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; IRRADIATION; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0041386606     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1593837     Document Type: Article

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