Relative profile and dose verification of intensity-modulated radiation therapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 231-240

  Chang, Jenghwa ^a   Mageras, Gikas S ^a   Chui, Chen S ^a   Ling, Clifton C ^a   Lutz, Wendell ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose verification; EPID; IMRT; Treatment field verification; Treatment QA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVICE; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHYSICS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034176959     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00555-6     Document Type: Article

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