Implementation and commissioning of an integrated micro-CT/RT system with computerized independent jaw collimation

Medical Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Jensen, Michael D ^a   Hrinivich, W Thomas ^a   Jung, Jongho A ^a   Holdsworth, David W ^a,b   Drangova, Maria ^a,b   Chen, Jeff ^a,c   Wong, Eugene ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

Author keywords

micro CT; Monte Carlo; respiratory gating; small animal radiotherapy; x ray collimator

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHANTOMS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; MICRO CT; PEAK TO PEAK AMPLITUDES; RESPIRATORY GATINGS; SMALL ANIMAL; X-RAY COLLIMATORS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; IMAGE QUALITY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; JAW; JAW MOVEMENT; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOTION; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM ERROR; RAT; RESPIRATORY GATED IMAGING; RESPIRATORY GATED RADIOTHERAPY; ANIMAL; BREATHING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVICES; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; LUNG; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOMETRY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; LUNG; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; RATS; RESPIRATION; SOFTWARE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84881635326     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4812422     Document Type: Article

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