Comparative dose evaluations between XVI and OBI cone beam CT systems using Gafchromic XRQA2 film and nanoDot optical stimulated luminescence dosimeters

Medical Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Giaddui, Tawfik ^a   Cui, Yunfeng ^a   Galvin, James ^a   Yu, Yan ^a   Xiao, Ying ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CBCT; Gafchromic film; image dose; nanoDot OSLD; XVI OBI

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; NANODOTS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL FILMS; PHANTOMS;

CBCT; GAFCHROMIC FILMS; IMAGE DOSE; NANODOT OSLD; XVI/OBI;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; COLLIMATOR; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FILM DOSIMETER; GAFCHROMIC XRQA2 FILM; HEAD; HUMAN; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RADIATION DOSE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EVALUATION STUDY; LASER; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES;

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FILM DOSIMETRY; LASERS; QUANTUM DOTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 84878939091     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4803466     Document Type: Article

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