A two-step algorithm for predicting portal dose images in arbitrary detectors

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2109-2116

  McCurdy, B M C ^a,b   Pistorius, S ^a,b  

^a CANCERCARE MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Pencil beam algorithm; Portal dose images; Predicting portal images; Treatment verification

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DEPOSITION; DOSIMETRY; FORECASTING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION; PHANTOMS;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC PHANTOMS; DETECTOR CONFIGURATION; PENCIL BEAM ALGORITHMS; PORTAL IMAGES; PREDICTION ALGORITHMS; RAY-TRACING TECHNIQUE; SOURCE-DETECTOR DISTANCE; TREATMENT VERIFICATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; DOSIMETRY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033796023     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1289375     Document Type: Article

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