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Cone-beam CT for radiotherapy applications. Phys Med Biol 1995 Nov;40(11):1863-83

Date

11/01/1995

Pubmed ID

8587937

DOI

10.1088/0031-9155/40/11/007

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0029589221 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   155 Citations

Abstract

Clinical implementation of cone-beam tomography has been hampered by the lack of two-dimensional electronic x-ray detectors that can encompass the full width of the body. We encountered the undersized detector problem in our development of a cone-beam CT system for radiotherapy applications. In order to mitigate the problem, we developed an algorithm which permits an increased reconstruction volume to be imaged using a detector of a given size. We describe the algorithm and report on its implementation using a radiotherapy simulator configured with a digital fluorography unit.

Author List

Cho PS, Johnson RH, Griffin TW

Author

Roger H. Johnson PhD Associate Professor in the Biophysics department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Algorithms
Biophysical Phenomena
Biophysics
Computer Simulation
Humans
Phantoms, Imaging
Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
Radiotherapy
Technology, Radiologic
Tomography, X-Ray Computed