Superficial dosimetry imaging based on Čerenkov emission for external beam radiotherapy with megavoltage x-ray beam

Medical Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Rongxiao ^a,b   Glaser, Adam K ^b   Gladstone, David J ^c,d   Fox, Colleen J ^c,d   Pogue, Brian W ^a,b,c  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NORRIS COTTON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerenkov; Cherenkov; erenkov; External beam radiotherapy; Imaging; LIANC; Superficial dosimetry; Surface dosimetry

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; CHARGED PARTICLES; DOSIMETRY; GATING AND FEEDING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHANTOMS; RADIOTHERAPY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECTROSCOPY; TISSUE;

CERENKOV; CHERENKOV; CYLINDRICAL PHANTOMS; EMISSION DISTRIBUTION; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; LAYERED SKIN MODELS; LIANC; TISSUE MIMICKING PHANTOM;

X RAYS;

ARTICLE; BREAST; CAMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FIELD EMISSION; FILTRATION; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; ILLUMINATION; IMAGING PHANTOM; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SKIN; VELOCITY; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; IMAGE QUALITY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; X RAY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

BREAST; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; SKIN; SURFACE PROPERTIES; X-RAYS;

EID: 84885807968     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4821543     Document Type: Article

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