The use of electronic portal imaging to verify patient position during intensity-modulated radiotherapy delivered by the dynamic MLC technique

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1225-1234

  Fielding, Andrew L ^a   Evans, Philip M ^a   Clark, Catharine H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electronic portal imaging device; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Portal imaging; Setup verification

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; IMAGE SENSORS; MODULATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

ANATOMY;

ONCOLOGY;

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COLLIMATOR; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGING; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PELVIS; PELVIS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RADIATION BEAM;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 0037111196     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)03749-5     Document Type: Article

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