Dose Calculation on KV Cone Beam CT Images: An Investigation of the Hu-Density Conversion Stability and Dose Accuracy Using the Site-Specific Calibration

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 195-207

  Rong, Yi ^a   Smilowitz, Jennifer ^a   Tewatia, Dinesh ^a   Tomé, Wolfgang A ^a   Paliwal, Bhudatt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration stability; Cone beam CT; Hounsfield units; Intensity modulated radiotherapy treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CALIBRATION; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAD; HUMANS; LUNG; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 77955242537     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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