Sensitivity study of proton radiography and comparison with kV and MV x-ray imaging using GEANT4 Monte Carlo simulations

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2407-2421

  Depauw, Nicolas ^a   Seco, Joao ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; DENSITY RESOLUTION; DETECTOR TECHNOLOGY; HIGH-DENSITY; LUNG CANCER; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PROTON RADIOGRAPHY; PROTON THERAPY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING; SECONDARY PROTONS; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STATE OF THE ART; TUMOR DIAGNOSTICS; X RAY BEAM; X-RAY IMAGE; XRAY IMAGING;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASES; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS; RADIOLOGY; TUMORS; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAYS;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LUNG TUMOR; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PATHOLOGY; PHOTON; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; X RAY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; X-RAYS;

EID: 79953674189     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/8/006     Document Type: Article

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