Dosimetric verification of intensity-modulated fields

Medical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 317-327

  Wang, Xiaohong ^a   Spirou, Spiridon ^a   LoSasso, Thomas ^a   Stein, Jörg ^a   Chui, Chen Shou ^a   Mohan, Radhe ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D conformal radiotherapy; dosimetry; intensity modulation

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY;

CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY; INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; INTENSITY MODULATIONS; INTENSITY-MODULATED; ISODOSE DISTRIBUTION; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; SCATTERED RADIATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY;

PHANTOMS;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; X RAY FILM;

EID: 0029865277     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597661     Document Type: Article

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