Image quality & dosimetric property of an investigational imaging beam line MV-CBCT

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 37-48

  Beltran, Chris ^a   Lukose, Renin ^a   Gangadharan, Bijumon ^b   Bani Hashemi, Ali ^b   Faddegon, Bruce A ^c  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosimetric comparison; Image quality; Imaging beam line; MV CBCT

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749233752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v10i3.3023     Document Type: Article

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