Measurement of cone beam CT coincidence with megavoltage isocentre and image sharpness using the QUASAR™ Penta-Guide phantom

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 5275-5293

  Sykes, J R ^a   Lindsay, R ^a   Dean, C J ^a   Brettle, D S ^b   Magee, D R ^c   Thwaites, D I ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; ELECTROTHERAPEUTICS;

CONE-BEAM CT; EXISTING METHOD; IMAGE SHARPNESS; IMAGE-GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; MEGAVOLTAGE; X-RAY SOURCES;

ALIGNMENT;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM ERROR; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 51849124052     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/19/002     Document Type: Article

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