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Theoretical investigation of the design and performance of a dual energy (kV and MV) radiotherapy imager
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Langechuan
dc.contributor.authorAntonuk, Larry E.
dc.contributor.authorEl‐mohri, Youcef
dc.contributor.authorZhao, Qihua
dc.contributor.authorJiang, Hao
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-06T20:48:48Z
dc.date.available2017-01-06T20:48:48Z
dc.date.issued2015-04
dc.identifier.citationLiu, Langechuan; Antonuk, Larry E.; El‐mohri, Youcef ; Zhao, Qihua; Jiang, Hao (2015). "Theoretical investigation of the design and performance of a dual energy (kV and MV) radiotherapy imager." Medical Physics 42(4): 2072-2084.
dc.identifier.issn0094-2405
dc.identifier.issn2473-4209
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/134977
dc.publisherAmerican Association of Physicists in Medicine
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.
dc.subject.otherScintillation detectors
dc.subject.otherComputerised tomographs
dc.subject.otherRadiation therapy
dc.subject.otherBiological material, e.g. blood, urine; Haemocytometers
dc.subject.otherMeasurement of nuclear or xâ radiation
dc.subject.otherTubes for determining the presence, intensity, density or energy of radiation or particles
dc.subject.otherImager structures
dc.subject.otherthe detector being a crystal
dc.subject.otherthe detector being made of plastics
dc.subject.otherthe detector being a liquid
dc.subject.otherwith semiconductor detectors
dc.subject.otherPlates or blocks in which tracks of nuclear particles are made visible by afterâ treatment, e.g. using photographic emulsion, using mica
dc.subject.otherdual energy imager
dc.subject.othermegavoltage coneâ beam CT
dc.subject.otherkilovoltage coneâ beam CT
dc.subject.otherflatâ panel imager
dc.subject.otheractive matrix flat panel imager
dc.subject.otherhybrid modeling
dc.subject.otherMonte Carlo simulation
dc.subject.othersegmented crystalline scintillators
dc.subject.otherImage converters
dc.subject.otherMedical Xâ ray imaging
dc.subject.otherMedical image noise
dc.subject.otherModulation transfer functions
dc.subject.otherMedical image reconstruction
dc.subject.otherIllumination
dc.subject.otherMedical image contrast
dc.subject.otherCone beam computed tomography
dc.subject.otherbiological tissues
dc.subject.othercomputerised tomography
dc.subject.otherimage sensors
dc.subject.othernoise
dc.subject.otheroptical transfer function
dc.subject.otherquality assurance
dc.subject.otherradiation therapy
dc.subject.othersolid scintillation detectors
dc.subject.otherComputed tomography
dc.subject.otherTherapeutic applications, including brachytherapy
dc.subject.otherPhotons
dc.titleTheoretical investigation of the design and performance of a dual energy (kV and MV) radiotherapy imager
dc.typeArticleen_US
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dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelMedicine (General)
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHealth Sciences
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Reviewed
dc.contributor.affiliationumDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/134977/1/mp5120.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1118/1.4915120
dc.identifier.sourceMedical Physics
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