The effects of compensator and imaging geometry on the distribution of x-ray scatter in CBCT

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 897-914

  Bootsma, G J ^a,b   Verhaegen, F ^c,d   Jaffray, D A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

bowtie filter; cone beam CT; Monte Carlo; simulation; X ray scatter

Indexed keywords

AIR FILTERS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; X RAY SCATTERING; X RAYS;

BOWTIE FILTERS; CONE-BEAM CT; DIFFERENT CONE ANGLES; FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP; RECONSTRUCTED IMAGE; SCATTER DISTRIBUTION; SCATTER-TO-PRIMARY RATIO; SIMULATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79551716017     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3539575     Document Type: Article

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