Beam characteristics and radiation output of a kilovoltage cone-beam CT

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 5231-5248

  Ding, George X ^a   Coffey, Charles W ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; RADIATION DOSE; X RAY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; WATER; X-RAYS;

EID: 77956318479     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/17/022     Document Type: Article

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