The effects of field-of-view and patient size on CT numbers from cone-beam computed tomography

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 6251-6262

  Seet, Katrina Y T ^a   Barghi, Arvand ^a   Yartsev, Slav ^a   Van Dyk, Jake ^a  

^a LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIOTHERAPY; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE-BEAM IMAGING; ELECTRON DENSITIES; FIELD OF VIEWS; OBJECT SIZE; OPTIMUM COMBINATION; ORGAN DEFORMATION; PATIENT SIZE; PHANTOM IMAGES; PHANTOM SIZES; PLANNING CT; WEIGHT LOSS;

IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGE QUALITY; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CALIBRATION; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70449091989     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/20/014     Document Type: Article

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