Low- Z target optimization for spatial resolution improvement in megavoltage imaging

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 124-131

  Connell, Tanner ^a   Robar, James L ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Image guided radiotherapy; Low Z target; Megavoltage imaging; Spatial resolution; Unflattened beam

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRONS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; KINETIC ENERGY; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; RADIOTHERAPY;

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST IMPROVEMENTS; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; MEGAVOLTAGE IMAGING; MEGAVOLTAGE PORTAL IMAGING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; UNFLATTENED BEAM;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 73649129906     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3267040     Document Type: Article

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