An optically stimulated luminescence system to measure dose profiles in x-ray computed tomography

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 6337-6352

  Yukihara, E G ^a   Ruan, C ^b   Gasparian, P B R ^a   Clouse, W J ^b   Kalavagunta, C ^b   Ahmad, S ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRECTION FACTORS; DOSE PROFILE; EFFECTIVE ATOMIC NUMBER; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; ENERGY RESPONSE; INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; PENCIL IONIZATION CHAMBERS; PERIPHERAL POSITIONS; POINT MEASUREMENT; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; SPECIFIC ENERGY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ATOMS; COMPUTER CRIME; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IONIZATION; LUMINESCENCE; SCANNING; X RAY TUBES;

IONIZATION CHAMBERS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; IRRADIATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; PHANTOM; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY TUBE;

CALIBRATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HEAD; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; POWDERS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 71049117744     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/20/020     Document Type: Article

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