Assessment of flatness and symmetry of megavoltage x-ray beam with an electronic portal imaging device (EPID)

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 58-66

  Liu, G ^a   Van Doorn, T ^a   Bezak, E ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electronic portal imaging device; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SAMPLING; X RAYS;

FLATNESS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CALIBRATION; CAMERA; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICE; IMAGING SYSTEM; LINEAR SYSTEM; MONITOR; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION MONITOR; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANK; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0036655218     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03178467     Document Type: Article

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