Advances in kilovoltage x-ray beam dosimetry

R Hill, B Healy, L Holloway, Z Kuncic… - Physics in Medicine …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
This topical review provides an up-to-date overview of the theoretical and practical aspects
of therapeutic kilovoltage x-ray beam dosimetry. Kilovoltage x-ray beams have the property …

Micro-CT acquisition and image processing to track and characterize pulmonary nodules in mice

M Zaw Thin, C Moore, T Snoeks, T Kalber… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
X-ray computed tomography is a reliable technique for the detection and longitudinal
monitoring of pulmonary nodules. In preclinical stages of diagnostic or therapeutic …

SpekCalc: a program to calculate photon spectra from tungsten anode x-ray tubes

G Poludniowski, G Landry, F Deblois… - Physics in Medicine …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
A software program, SpekCalc, is presented for the calculation of x-ray spectra from tungsten
anode x-ray tubes. SpekCalc was designed primarily for use in a medical physics context …

SpekPy v2. 0—a software toolkit for modeling x‐ray tube spectra

G Poludniowski, A Omar, R Bujila, P Andreo - Medical Physics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose SpekPy is a free toolkit for modeling x‐ray tube spectra with the Python
programming language. In this article, the advances in version 2.0 (v2) of the software are …

High‐sensitivity flexible X‐ray detectors based on printed perovskite inks

A Ciavatti, R Sorrentino, L Basiricò… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The demand for high‐energy radiation detection systems combining high sensitivity, low‐
cost and large‐area fabrication has pushed the research on hybrid perovskites as promising …

Calculation of x‐ray spectra emerging from an x‐ray tube. Part II. X‐ray production and filtration in x‐ray targets

GG Poludniowski - Medical physics, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
A new approach to the calculation of the x‐ray spectrum emerging from an x‐ray tube is
proposed. Theoretical results for the bremsstrahlung cross section appearing in the literature …

Theoretical variance analysis of single-and dual-energy computed tomography methods for calculating proton stop** power ratios of biological tissues

M Yang, G Virshup, J Clayton, XR Zhu… - Physics in Medicine …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We discovered an empirical relationship between the logarithm of mean excitation energy
(ln I m) and the effective atomic number (EAN) of human tissues, which allows for computing …

[BUKU][B] Modern diagnostic x-ray sources: technology, manufacturing, reliability

R Behling - 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
Now fully updated, the second edition of Modern Diagnostic X-Ray Sources: Technology,
Manufacturing, Reliability gives an up-to-date summary of X-ray source technology and …

Dual‐energy CT quantitative imaging: a comparison study between twin‐beam and dual‐source CT scanners

IP Almeida, LEJR Schyns, MC Öllers… - Medical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To assess image quality and to quantify the accuracy of relative electron densities
(ρe) and effective atomic numbers (Zeff) for three dual‐energy computed tomography …

Livermore tomography tools: Accurate, fast, and flexible software for tomographic science

KM Champley, TM Willey, H Kim, K Bond, SM Glenn… - NDT & E …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper introduces the capabilities and availability of a customizable scientific software
package called Livermore Tomography Tools (LTT) built for computed tomography (CT) …