A formulation of tissue- and water-equivalent materials using the stoichiometric analysis method for CT-number calibration in radiotherapy treatment planning

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1173-1190

  Yohannes, Indra ^a   Kolditz, Daniel ^a   Langner, Oliver ^b   Kalender, Willi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Quality Assurance in Radiology and Medicine (QRM) GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; HISTOLOGY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE;

ABSOLUTE DIFFERENCE; CALIBRATION CURVES; CALIBRATION PROCEDURE; CALIBRATION PROCESS; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; RADIATION CHARACTERISTICS; RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

WATER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRON; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; ONCOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WATER;

EID: 84857546715     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/5/1173     Document Type: Article

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