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: Comparison of calculated and measured 10-MV X-ray doses in thorax-like phantoms

Radiological Physics and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 216-224

  Kimura, Shigenobu ^a   Sutoh, Kohji ^a   Kamimura, Kazuo ^a   Iwasaki, Akira ^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 Misawa 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

10 MV X rays; Components method; Convolution superposition method; Dose kernels; Thorax phantoms; X ray spectra

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KERNEL METHOD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; THORAX;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; WATER; X-RAYS;

EID: 79960446428     PISSN: 18650333     EISSN: 18650341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12194-011-0124-3     Document Type: Article

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