Cone-beam optical computed tomography for gel dosimetry II: Imaging protocols

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1259-1279

  Olding, Tim ^a   Schreiner, L John ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Cancer Centre of South Eastern Ontario   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION METHODOLOGIES; CONE BEAM; DARK FIELD IMAGES; GEL DOSIMETRY; GELATIN MATRIX; IMAGING PROTOCOL; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; MEDICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POSTIRRADIATION; PROJECTION IMAGE; TEMPERATURE ADJUSTMENT; THERMOCHROMIC BEHAVIOR; UP TIME; XYLENOL ORANGE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; GELS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIGHT SOURCES; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; STANDARDIZATION; STRAY LIGHT; THERMOPLASTICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; GEL; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME;

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; GELS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79951911217     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/5/003     Document Type: Article

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