Fixed gantry tomosynthesis system for radiation therapy image guidance based on a multiple source x-ray tube with carbon nanotube cathodes

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1624-1636

  Maltz, Jonathan S ^a   Sprenger, Frank ^b   Fuerst, Jens ^c   Paidi, Ajay ^a   Fadler, Franz ^c   Bani Hashemi, Ali R ^a  

^a SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^b XinRay Systems LLC   (United States)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Image guidance; Tomosynthesis; X ray production

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATHODES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT; IMAGING SYSTEMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; RADIOTHERAPY; TUBES (COMPONENTS); X RAY PRODUCTION; X RAY TUBES;

AMORPHOUS SILICON FLAT-PANEL; CARBON NANOTUBE CATHODES; CARBON NANOTUBE TECHNOLOGY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIATION THERAPY; GRAPHIC PROCESSING UNITS; IMAGE GUIDANCES; SIMULTANEOUS ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES; TOMOSYNTHESIS;

X RAY DETECTORS;

CARBON NANOTUBE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; ELECTRON; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SYNTHESIS; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY TUBE;

EID: 65449169602     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3110067     Document Type: Article

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