Monte Carlo simulation of a quantum noise limited Čerenkov detector based on air-spaced light guiding taper for megavoltage x-ray imaging

Medical Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Teymurazyan, A ^a   Rowlands, J A ^a,b,d   Pang, G ^a,b,c,e  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute   (Canada)

^c DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

erenkov effect; EPID; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; EFFICIENCY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LIGHT; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL FIBERS; QUANTUM NOISE; RADIOTHERAPY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; X RAY DETECTORS;

ACTIVE MATRIX FLAT-PANEL IMAGERS; DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICES; EPID; FREQUENCY DEPENDENT; LIGHT COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; X-RAY DETECTIONS;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; CERENKOV PORTAL IMAGING DEVICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICE; LIGHT; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NOISE; PHOTON; PHYSICS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUANTUM NOISE; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING SYSTEM; REFRACTION INDEX; X RAY; AIR; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICES; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIATION DOSE; UNCERTAINTY;

AIR; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; LIGHT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIATION DOSAGE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84896537061     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4867867     Document Type: Article

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