The use of megavoltage CT (MVCT) images for dose recomputations

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 4259-4276

  Langen, K M ^a   Meeks, S L ^a   Poole, D O ^a   Wagner, T H ^a   Willoughby, T R ^a   Kupelian, P A ^a   Ruchala, K J ^b   Haimerl, J ^b   Olivera, G H ^b  

^a M D ANDERSON CANCER CENTER ORLANDO   (United States)

^b TOMOTHERAPY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT;

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; END-TO-END TESTS; MEGAVOLTAGE CT (MVCT); TOMOTHERAPY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DENSITY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON; HISTOGRAM; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; THORAX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 24644479041     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/18/002     Document Type: Article

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