Uncertainty analysis of a Compton camera imaging system for radiation therapy dose reconstruction

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2341-2350

  Mundy, Daniel W ^a   Herman, Michael G ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Compton camera; Dose reconstruction; Dose verification; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; DEPOSITION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS;

ABSORPTION DETECTORS; COMPTON CAMERA; DOSE RECONSTRUCTION; DOSE VERIFICATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHM; PLANAR CONFIGURATIONS; SEPARATION DISTANCES; SOLID STATE DETECTORS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77952360218     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3399777     Document Type: Article

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