title: Characteristics of megavoltage cone-beam digital tomosynthesis.
abstract: This article reports on the image characteristics of megavoltage cone-beam digital tomosynthesis (MVCB DT). MVCB DT is an in-room imaging technique, which enables the reconstruction of several two-dimensional slices from a set of projection images acquired over an arc of 20 degrees-40 degrees. The limited angular range reduces the acquisition time and the dose delivered to the patient, but affects the image quality of the reconstructed tomograms. Image characteristics (slice thickness, shape distortion, and contrast-to-noise ratio) are studied as a function of the angular range. Potential clinical applications include patient setup and the development of breath holding techniques for gated imaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143-0226, USA. mdescovich@radonc.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Descovich
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Morin
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Aubry
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aubin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bani-Hashemi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pouliot
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D054893:Cone-Beam Computed Tomography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity