Characterization of a commercially-available, optically-stimulated luminescent dosimetry system for use in computed tomography

Health Physics

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 299-310

  Lavoie, Lindsey ^a   Ghita, Monica ^b   Brateman, Libby ^c   Arreola, Manuel ^c  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

computed tomography; dose organ; luminescence; optics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; X RAY;

CALIBRATION; HUMANS; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL DEVICES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; X-RAYS;

EID: 80051754502     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e31820f8e0e     Document Type: Article

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