An investigation of a new amorphous silicon electronic portal imaging device for transit dosimetry

Medical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2262-2268

  Grein, Ellen E ^a   Lee, Richard ^a   Luchka, Kurt ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; PIXELS;

BEAM ENERGIES; DETECTOR POSITIONS; FIELD PROFILE; FITTING PARAMETERS; MAPPING FUNCTIONS; RADIATION FIELD; SILICON ELECTRONICS; TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENTS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

POLYSTYRENE; SILICON;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICE; ENERGY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PORTAL IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 0036797456     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1508108     Document Type: Article

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