A monitor unit verification calculation in intensity modulated radiotherapy as a dosimetry quality assurance

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2226-2230

  Kung, J H ^a   Chen, G T Y ^a   Kuchnir, F K ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosimetry quality assurance; Hand calculation; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Monitor unit calculation

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DOSIMETRY; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIATION EFFECTS;

DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE CONTRIBUTION; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; MONITOR UNIT CALCULATIONS; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; ROTATIONAL SYMMETRIES; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; TREATMENT PLANS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; MONITOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION SCATTERING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0033744151     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1286553     Document Type: Article

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