Thick, segmented CdWO4-photodiode detector for cone beam megavoltage CT: A Monte Carlo study of system design parameters

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4567-4577

  Monajemi, T T ^a   Fallone, B G ^a   Rathee, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Detective quantum efficiency; Megavoltage imaging; Reflection coefficient; Segmented scintillators; Septa

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; EFFICIENCY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; REFLECTION; X RAY DETECTORS;

DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; FLATTENING FILTERS; FOCUS OF RESEARCHES; MEGAVOLTAGE IMAGING; PHOTODIODE DETECTOR; SCINTILLATION CRYSTALS; SEPTA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM TUNGSTATE; OXYGEN DERIVATIVE; TUNGSTEN DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM; TUNGSTIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM MEGAVOLTAGE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION KINETICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; STATISTICAL MODEL; X RAY;

CADMIUM; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTONS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS; X-RAYS;

EID: 33845314003     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2370503     Document Type: Article

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