Performance of electronic portal imaging devices (EPIDs) used in radiotherapy: Image quality and dose measurements

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 985-996

  Cremers, F ^a   Frenzel, Th ^a   Kausch, C ^a   Albers, D ^a   Schonborn T ^a   Schmidt, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon array; Dosimetry; Fluoroscopic portal imaging system; Image quality; Portal imaging; Radiation therapy; Response

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OBJECT DETECTION; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PHOTONS; PIXELS; RADIOTHERAPY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

AMORPHOUS SILICON FLAT-PANEL; BACKSCATTERED PHOTONS; DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICES; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCIES; FREQUENCY INDEPENDENT; PORTAL IMAGING; RESPONSE;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

SILICON;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICE; ELECTRONICS; FLUOROSCOPY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NOISE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 2442706565     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1688212     Document Type: Article

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