Availability of a tool using CCD camera-plastic scintillator system in HDR for quality assurance

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 1443-1446

  Hanada, T ^a   Kojima, H ^b   Ishigami, M ^b   Katsuta, S ^a   Yorozu, A ^a   Otsuka, T ^a   Maruyama, K ^b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; FLOW PATTERNS; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ERROR MARGINS; MEASUREMENT TOOLS; MODERN TECHNOLOGIES; PLASTIC SCINTILLATORS; RECOMMENDED VALUES; SOURCE LOCATIONS; TOOL USING; TREATMENT MODALITIES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 48349139051     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4437272     Document Type: Conference Paper

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