Lung compensator design using an electronic portal imaging device

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-71

  Parsaei, Homayoon ^a,b   Hussein, Sherali ^b   El Khatib, Ellen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compensator design; Lung inhomogeneity; Portal imaging; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; THICKNESS;

HUMANS; LUNG; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 0033040557     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-3947(98)00050-8     Document Type: Article

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