Three material decomposition in dual energy CT for brachytherapy using the iterative image reconstruction algorithm DIRA : Performance of the method for an anthropomorphic phantom

Brachytherapy is radiation therapy performed by placing a radiation source near or inside a tumor. Difference between the current water-based brachytherapy dose formalism (TG-43) and new model based dose calculation algorithms (MBSCAs) can differ by more than a factor of 10 in the calculated doses....

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Main Author: Westin, Robin
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för medicinsk teknik 2013
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-91297