Dosimetric characterization of a cone-beam O-arm™ imaging system

Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 305-317

  Zhang, Jie ^a   Weir, Victor ^a   Fajardo, Liliosa ^a   Lin, Jingying ^a   Hsiung, Hsiang ^a   Ritenour, E Russell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; PHANTOMS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; SCANNING;

CLINICAL APPLICATION; FIXED PATTERN NOISE; HIGH IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE GUIDED SURGERY; IMAGE QUALITY MEASUREMENT; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION (MTF); RADIOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUE; SCATTERED RADIATIONS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOMETRY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 74949128664     PISSN: 08953996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/XST-2009-0231     Document Type: Article

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