Quantitative dosimetric verification of an IMRT planning and delivery system

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 305-316

  Low, Daniel A ^a   Mutic, Sasa ^a   Dempsey, James F ^a   Gerber, Russell L ^a   Bosch, Walter R ^a   Ferez, Carlos A ^a   Purdy, James A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithm Verification; Hoton dose calculation; Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Inverse planning

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; FILM DOSIMETRY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032414728     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(98)00125-X     Document Type: Article

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