A virtual source model for Kilo-voltage cone beam CT: Source characteristics and model validation

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 5254-5263

  Spezi, E ^a   Volken, W ^b   Frei, D ^b   Fix, M K ^b  

^a VELINDRE CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

concomitant dose; cone beam CT; dose optimisation; IGRT; Monte Carlo; organ dose

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; IMAGE ACQUISITION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SPECTROSCOPY;

CONCOMITANT DOSE; CONE-BEAM CT; IGRT; OPTIMISATIONS; ORGAN DOSE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 80052408600     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3626574     Document Type: Article

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