Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

2019

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Pella, Silvia

Thesis/Dissertation Co-Chair

Leventouri, Theodora

Abstract

The Computer Tomography (CT) scanned images are very important for the Treatment Planning System (TPS) to provide the electron density of the different types of tissues that the radiation penetrates in the path to the tumor to be treated. This electron density is converted to an attenuation coefficient, which varies with tissue for each structure and even varies by the tissue volume. The purpose of this research is to evaluate the CT numbers, and convert them into relative electron densities. Twenty-five patients’ data and CT numbers were evaluated in the CT scanner and in Eclipse and were converted into relative electron density and compared with each other. The differences between the relative electron density in the Eclipse was found to be from 0 up to 6% between tissue equivalent materials, the final result for all equivalent tissue materials was about 2%. For the patients’ data, the percentage difference of CT number versus electron density was found to be high for high relative electron density organs, namely the final average result for the spine was 8%, less for pelvis, and less for rib while for the other organs it was even less. The very lowest was 0.3% compared with 1% which is acceptable for clinical standards.

Extent

107 p.

Comments

Includes bibliography.|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2019.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Includes bibliography.

Identifier

FA00013315

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