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Generation of virtual monochromatic CBCT from dual kV/MV beam projections a

Li et al., 2013

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13751434965003550785
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Li H
Liu B
Yin F
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Medical physics

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Purpose: To develop a novel on‐board imaging technique which allows generation of virtual monochromatic (VM) cone‐beam CT (CBCT) with a selected energy from combined kilovoltage (kV)/megavoltage (MV) beam projections. Methods: With the current orthogonal …
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