Computed tomography dose assessment for a 160 mm wide, 320 detector row, cone beam CT scanner

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3141-3159

  Geleijns, J ^a   Salvado Artells M ^b   De Bruin, P W ^a   Mather, R ^c   Muramatsu, Y ^d   McNitt Gray, M F ^e  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^c USA   (United States)

^d SAITAMA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHANTOMS; SCANNING;

ABSORBED DOSE; CONE-BEAM CT SCANNERS; CT TECHNOLOGY; DOSE ASSESSMENTS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE MEASUREMENT; PENCIL IONIZATION CHAMBERS; PERIPHERAL POSITIONS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; BODY BURDEN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BODY BURDEN; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67650735414     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/10/012     Document Type: Article

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