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Maltz et al., 2008 - Google Patents

Focused beam‐stop array for the measurement of scatter in megavoltage portal and cone beam CT imaging

Maltz et al., 2008

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191671875810389715
Author
Maltz J
Gangadharan B
Vidal M
Paidi A
Bose S
Faddegon B
Aubin M
Morin O
Pouliot J
Zheng Z
Svatos M
Bani‐Hashemi A
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Medical physics

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We describe a focused beam‐stop array (BSA) for the measurement of object scatter in imaging systems that utilize x‐ray beams in the megavoltage (MV) energy range. The BSA consists of 64 doubly truncated tungsten cone elements of maximum diameter that are …
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    • A61B6/58—Testing, adjusting or calibrating devices for radiation diagnosis
    • A61B6/582—Calibration
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    • 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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    • A61N5/103—Treatment planning systems
    • A61N5/1031—Treatment planning systems using a specific method of dose optimization
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T11/00—2D [Two Dimensional] image generation
    • G06T11/003—Reconstruction from projections, e.g. tomography
    • G06T11/005—Specific pre-processing for tomographic reconstruction, e.g. calibration, source positioning, rebinning, scatter correction, retrospective gating
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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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