Monte Carlo simulation of an x-ray volume imaging cone beam CT unit

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 127-136

  Spezi, Emiliano ^a   Downes, Patrick ^b   Radu, Emil ^a   Jarvis, Richard ^a  

^a VELINDRE CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cone beam CT; Dosimetry; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; X RAY TUBES; X RAYS;

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE-BEAM CT; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE-GUIDED RADIOTHERAPIES; NEUTRAL FILTERS; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION UNIT; STATIONARY POSITIONS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY;

EID: 58149125640     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3031113     Document Type: Article

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