Comparative study of a low-Z cone-beam computed tomography system

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 4453-4464

  Roberts, D A ^a,b   Hansen, V N ^a   Thompson, M G ^b   Poludniowski, G ^a   Niven, A ^b   Seco, J ^c   Evans, P M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b Elekta Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CARBON; ELECTRON ABSORPTION; ELECTRONS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PHOTONS; X RAY DETECTORS;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM; MEGA-VOLTAGE CONE BEAM; PATIENT POSITIONING; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SIMPLE MODIFICATIONS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY;

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 79960362139     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/14/014     Document Type: Article

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