Development of high quantum efficiency, flat panel, thick detectors for megavoltage x-ray imaging: An experimental study of a single-pixel prototype

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3379-3388

  Mei, X ^a   Pang, G ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

EPIDs; Flat panel detectors; Megavoltage cone beam CT; Portal imaging; Quantum efficiency

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; EFFICIENCY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; PIXELS; X RAY DETECTORS;

ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICES; EPIDS; FLAT PANEL DETECTORS; HIGH QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; IMAGING PROPERTIES; MEGAVOLTAGE CONE-BEAM CT; PORTAL IMAGING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUANTUM YIELD; X RAY;

EID: 28044463379     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2065487     Document Type: Article

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