Validation of dynamic MLC-controller log files using a two-dimensional diode array

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 799-805

  Li, Jonathan G ^a   Dempsey, James F ^a   Ding, Li ^a   Liu, Chihray ^a   Palta, Jatinder R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

IMRT; Intensity modulation; Multileaf collimator; Treatment verification

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MODULATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

EXPERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; IMRT; INTENSITY MODULATIONS; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; PLAN VERIFICATIONS; SIMPLE GEOMETRIES; TREATMENT VERIFICATION;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIODE; DOSIMETRY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

MUS;

EID: 0037573250     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1567951     Document Type: Article

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