Megavoltage image contrast with low-atomic number target materials and amorphous silicon electronic portal imagers

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1275-1289

  Orton, E J ^a   Robar, J L ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC NUMBERS; BEAM GENERATIONS; BUILD-UP LAYERS; CONTRAST MEASUREMENTS; CONTRAST PHANTOMS; DETECTION SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGES; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; HEAD AND NECKS; IMAGE CONTRASTS; IMAGERS; INCIDENT ELECTRONS; LOW-ENERGY PHOTONS; MEGAVOLTAGE; MEV-ELECTRONS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; RUNNING-IN; SI DETECTORS; TARGET MATERIALS;

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; ATOMS; BERYLLIUM; DETECTORS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; TARGETS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 63649156787     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/5/012     Document Type: Article

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