Title :
Investigation of a-Se detector for imaging applications under radiotherapy environment
Author :
Fang, Guang ; Pearson, Dave ; Harper, Brent ; Schmidt, Richard ; Spence, Dave ; Olivera, Gustova ; Mackie, Rock ; Rowlands, John
Author_Institution :
Tomotherapy Inc., Madison, WI, USA
Abstract :
This paper reports results on investigations of a-Se detectors for imaging under radiotherapy environment. The study emphasizes those aspects that are important to imaging applications in radiotherapy environment including sensitivity of the detector for megavoltage X-rays, ghosting and lagging under high dose exposures, recovery of the detectors from high dose exposure and dark current.
Keywords :
biomedical imaging; radiation therapy; semiconductor counters; a-Se detector; imaging application; megavoltage X-rays; radiotherapy environment; Anatomy; Computed tomography; Dark current; Image reconstruction; Medical treatment; Optical imaging; Physics; Telephony; X-ray detection; X-ray detectors;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2004 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8700-7
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2004.1462724