Monte Carlo evaluation of scatter mitigation strategies in cone-beam CT

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 5456-5470

  Lazos, Dimitrios ^a   Williamson, Jeffrey F ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

antiscatter grids; bow tie filter; cone beam CT; Monte Carlo simulation; scatter artifacts

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MODULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHANTOMS; TRANSMISSIONS;

ANTI-SCATTER GRIDS; BOW TIE; CONE-BEAM CT; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CYLINDRICAL PHANTOMS; IMAGE-GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY; MITIGATION STRATEGY; SCATTER-TO-PRIMARY RATIO;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77957715868     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3488978     Document Type: Article

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