Monte Carlo simulation of a novel water-equivalent electronic portal imaging device using plastic scintillating fibers

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1518-1529

  Teymurazyan, A ^a   Pang, G ^a,b,c,d  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; COPPER PLATING; DOSIMETRY; FIBERS; FUNCTIONS; LIGHT; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; PHOTOELECTRICITY; PHOTONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCINTILLATION; X RAY ABSORPTION; X RAY APPARATUS;

ACTIVE MATRIX FLAT-PANEL IMAGERS; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICES; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; PLASTIC SCINTILLATING FIBERS; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS; X-RAY IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES;

X RAY DETECTORS;

EID: 84857883690     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3687163     Document Type: Article

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