Verification of the alignment of a therapeutic radiation beam relative to its patient positioner

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2429-2437

  Barkhof, J ^a   Schut, G ^a   Flanz, J B ^b   Goitein, M ^b   Schippers, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment; Proton beam therapy; Quality asurance; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; CCD CAMERAS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROTON BEAMS; RADIOTHERAPY; SPHERES;

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION; CIRCULAR CROSS-SECTIONS; IMAGE ANALYSIS ALGORITHMS; MEASUREMENTS OF; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; PATIENT POSITIONING; TREATMENT SYSTEMS;

PROTON BEAM THERAPY;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032692441     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598761     Document Type: Article

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