Fluence field optimization for noise and dose objectives in CT

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL.1, 2011, Pages

  Bartolac, Steven ^a   Graham, Sean ^a   Siewerdsen, Jeff ^a,b,c   Jaffray, David ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

dose reduction; FFMCT; fluence; fluence field modulated CT; image plans; image quality; intensity modulated

Indexed keywords

IMAGE QUALITY; PHANTOMS; RADIOTHERAPY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SIMULATED ANNEALING; X RAYS;

DOSE REDUCTION; FFMCT; FLUENCES; IMAGE PLANS; INTENSITY-MODULATED;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79960916886     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3574885     Document Type: Conference Paper

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