Fast laser scanning optical-CT apparatus for 3D radiation dosimetry

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Krstajić, Nikola ^a   Doran, Simon J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; LASER BEAMS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY; READOUT SYSTEMS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

3D RADIATION DOSIMETRY; BRACHYTHERAPY; FAST LASER SCANNING OPTICAL CT APPARATUS; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; HELIUM NEON LASER; IMAGE QUALITY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOSURGERY; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LASERS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34249063332     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/11/N01     Document Type: Article

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