Automatic verification of step-and-shoot IMRT field segments using portal imaging

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 348-351

  Woo, Milton K ^a,b   Lightstone, A W ^a,c   Shan, G ^a,d   Kumaraswamy, L ^a,e   Li, Y ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ONTARIO POWER GENERATION   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electronic portal imaging device; IMRT; Quality assurance; Step and shoot

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

AUTOMATIC VERIFICATION; DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICES; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE; IMRT; INDEPENDENT SYSTEMS; STEP-AND-SHOOT; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

EDGE DETECTION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0037339705     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1544680     Document Type: Article

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