Determination of CT-to-density conversion relationship for image-based treatment planning systems

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 145-148

  Saw, Cheng B ^a,b   Loper, Alphonse ^a   Komanduri, Krishna ^a   Combine, Tony ^a   Huq, Saiful ^a   Scicutella, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

CT scanning; Electron density; Tissue characterization; Tissue inhomogeneity; Treatment planning system

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITY; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

DENSITOMETRY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 23844557643     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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