A 2-D diode array and analysis software for verification of intensity modulated radiation therapy delivery

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 870-879

  Jursinic, Paul A ^a   Nelms, Ben E ^b,c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b TOMOTHERAPY INC   (United States)

^c FOCUS Development Group   (United States)

Author keywords

2 D diode array; IMRT quality assurance; Radiation therapy quality assurance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIODES; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY; VERIFICATION;

ANALYSIS SOFTWARES; COMPARISON CRITERION; COMPARISON OF MEASUREMENTS; DIODE ARRAYS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; RADIOGRAPHIC FILMS; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIODE; DIODE ARRAY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0037910445     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1567831     Document Type: Article

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