Experimental validation of a Monte Carlo-based kV x-ray projection model for the Varian linac-mounted Cone-Beam CT imaging system

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6913, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Lazos, Dimitrios ^a   Pokhrel, Damodar ^a   Zhong, Su ^a   Jun, Lu ^a   Williamson, Jeffrey F ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone beam computed tomography; Monte Carlo method; Scatter; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PTRAN; SPECTRAL HARDENING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 43149110640     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.772873     Document Type: Conference Paper

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