A convolution/superposition method using primary and scatter dose kernels formed for energy bins of X-ray spectra reconstructed as a function of off-axis distance: A theoretical study on 10-MV X-ray dose calculations in thorax-like phantoms

Radiological Physics and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 203-215

  Iwasaki, Akira ^a   Kimura, Shigenobu ^b   Sutoh, Kohji ^b   Kamimura, Kazuo ^b   Sasamori, Makoto ^c   Komai, Fumio ^d   Seino, Morio ^e   Terashima, Singo ^f   Kubota, Mamoru ^f   Hirota, Junichi ^f   Hosokawa, Yoichiro ^f  

^a Aomori City Hospital ^*  (Japan)

^b Aomori City Hospital   (Japan)

^c Department of Radiology   (Japan)

^d AOMORI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collimator scatter factor; Components method; Convolution superposition method; Dose kernels; Thorax phantoms; X ray spectra

Indexed keywords

LEAD; WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON; FILTER; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IN AIR OUTPUT FACTOR; JAW COLLIMATOR RADIATION REFLECTION FACTOR; KERNEL METHOD; OFF CENTER JAW COLLIMATOR SCATTER FACTOR; OFF CENTER RATIO FACTOR; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; THEORETICAL STUDY; THORAX;

EID: 79960437398     PISSN: 18650333     EISSN: 18650341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12194-011-0125-2     Document Type: Article

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