Skeletal dosimetry in cone beam computed tomography

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2915-2922

  Walters, B R B ^a   Ding, G X ^b   Kramer, R ^c   Kawrakow, I ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHANTOMS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; RADIOTHERAPY;

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; MONTE CARLO CODES; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHASE-SPACE DATA; RADIATION TRANSPORT; RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT; TRABECULAR BONES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HEAD; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NECK; PELVIS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX; TRABECULAR BONE;

EID: 67649574372     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3147143     Document Type: Article

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