Correction of megavoltage cone-beam CT images of the pelvic region based on phantom measurements for dose calculation purposes

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-42

  Aubry, Jean François ^a   Cheung, Joey ^a   Morin, Olivier ^a   Gottschalk, Alexander ^a   Beaulieu, Luc ^b   Pouliot, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cupping artifact; Dose calculation; Megavoltage cone beam CT; Missing data artifact; Pelvis imaging; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

EID: 70049104212     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v10i1.2852     Document Type: Article

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