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Yalcintas et al., 1979 - Google Patents

A method for dose determination in computerized tomography

Yalcintas et al., 1979

Document ID
8888092287758100582
Author
Yalcintas M
Nalcioglu O
Publication year
Publication venue
Health Physics

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A method for exposure measurement in X-ray computerized tomography (CT) is discussed, The sequential spatial variation in exposure due to the scanning motion used in CT necessitates a different method of dose determination than conventional radiography. In this …
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    • G—PHYSICS
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    • G01T—MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
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    • G01T1/16—Measuring radiation intensity
    • G01T1/161—Application in the field of nuclear medicine, e.g. in vivo counting
    • G01T1/164—Scintigraphy
    • G01T1/1641—Static instruments for imaging the distribution of radioactivity in one or two dimensions using one or several scintillating elements; Radio-isotope cameras
    • G01T1/1648—Ancillary equipment for scintillation cameras, e.g. reference markers, devices for removing motion artifacts, calibration devices
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    • G01T—MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
    • G01T1/00—Measuring X-radiation, gamma radiation, corpuscular radiation, or cosmic radiation
    • G01T1/29—Measurement performed on radiation beams, e.g. position or section of the beam; Measurement of spatial distribution of radiation
    • G01T1/2914—Measurement of spatial distribution of radiation
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    • G01T1/16—Measuring radiation intensity
    • G01T1/20—Measuring radiation intensity with scintillation detectors
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B6/00—Apparatus for radiation diagnosis, e.g. combined with radiation therapy equipment
    • A61B6/02—Devices for diagnosis sequentially in different planes; Stereoscopic radiation diagnosis
    • A61B6/03—Computerised tomographs
    • A61B6/032—Transmission computed tomography [CT]
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    • G01T—MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
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    • A61B6/58—Testing, adjusting or calibrating devices for radiation diagnosis
    • A61B6/582—Calibration
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    • A61B6/04—Positioning of patients; Tiltable beds or the like
    • A61B6/0407—Tables or beds
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    • A61B6/4291—Apparatus for radiation diagnosis, e.g. combined with radiation therapy equipment with arrangements for detecting radiation specially adapted for radiation diagnosis the detector being combined with a grid or grating

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