Characterization of a parallel-beam CCD optical-CT apparatus for 3D radiation dosimetry

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 3693-3713

  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

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITY (OPTICAL); DOSIMETRY; GELS; LASER APPLICATIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

BIOMEDICAL IMPORTANCE; FRICKE GELS; OPTICAL ATTENUATION; OPTICAL PROJECTION TOMOGRAPHY (OPT);

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES;

APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CAMERA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; LASER; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

CALIBRATION; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYMERS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34250353175     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/13/003     Document Type: Article

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