Photon scatter in portal images: Accuracy of a fluence based pencil beam superposition algorithm

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 913-922

  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 imaging; Predicting portal images; Treatment verification

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; ERRORS; FORECASTING; LIGHT SCATTERING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRON EMISSION; PHANTOMS; PHOTONS;

INHOMOGENEOUS PHANTOM; INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION; PENCIL BEAM ALGORITHMS; PORTAL IMAGES; PORTAL IMAGING; PREDICTION ALGORITHMS; SUPERPOSITION ALGORITHMS; TREATMENT VERIFICATION;

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; LIGHT SCATTERING; PHANTOM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SIMULATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034081125     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598957     Document Type: Article

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