Projection imaging of photon beams by the Čerenkov effect

Medical Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Glaser, Adam K ^a   Davis, Scott C ^a   McClatchy, David M ^a   Zhang, Rongxiao ^b   Pogue, Brian W ^a   Gladstone, David J ^c  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

^c NORRIS COTTON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cerenkov; dosimetry; photon beam; quality assurance

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; CALIBRATION; CCD CAMERAS; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; WATER TANKS; X RAYS;

CALIBRATION FACTORS; CERENKOV; MEAN STANDARD DEVIATION; MEASUREMENT QUALITY; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; MEGAVOLTAGE PHOTONS; PHOTON BEAMS; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARTICLE; CAMERA; IMAGING; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TREATMENT PLANNING; ANISOTROPY; ARTIFACT; CALIBRATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; X RAY;

UMBRA;

ANISOTROPY; ARTIFACTS; CALIBRATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; X-RAYS;

EID: 84872028279     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4770286     Document Type: Article

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