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Segmented crystalline scintillators: An initial investigation of high quantum efficiency detectors for megavoltage x‐ray imaging

Sawant et al., 2005

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5607503238870872584
Author
Sawant A
Antonuk L
El‐Mohri Y
Zhao Q
Li Y
Su Z
Wang Y
Yamamoto J
Du H
Cunningham I
Klugerman M
Shah K
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Medical Physics

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Electronic portal imaging devices (EPIDs) based on indirect detection, active matrix flat panel imagers (AMFPIs) have become the technology of choice for geometric verification of patient localization and dose delivery in external beam radiotherapy. However, current …
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