Verification of compensator thicknesses using a fluoroscopic electronic portal imaging device

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1524-1529

  Pasma, Kasper L ^a   Kroonwijk, Marco ^a   Van Dieren, Erik B ^a   Visser, Andries G ^a   Heijmen, Ben J M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Compensator; EPID; Portal imaging; Quality assurance; Radiological thickness

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

BEAM PROFILES; COMPENSATOR; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICES; EPID; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; OFF-AXIS; PORTAL IMAGING; RADIOLOGICAL THICKNESS;

TRANSMISSIONS;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIATION SCATTERING; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032798512     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598648     Document Type: Article

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