Determination of the modulation transfer function of digitally reconstructed radiographs in radiotherapy treatment planning using a point phantom

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 20, 2005, Pages

  Kirwin, Sarah L ^a   Langmack, Keith A ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALL BEARINGS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; RADIOTHERAPY; TUNGSTEN CARBIDE;

DIGITALLY CONSTRUCTED RADIOGRAPHS (DRRS); SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT VERIFICATION;

RADIOGRAPHY;

TUNGSTEN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 26244436616     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 00319155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/20/N01     Document Type: Article

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