Point dose verification for intensity modulated radiosurgery using Clarkson's method

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2218-2221

  Zhu, Jingeng ^a   Yin, Fang Fang ^a   Kim, Jae Ho ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clarkson's method; Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Intensity modulated radiosurgery; Irregular field dose calculation; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; INVERSE PROBLEMS; PHANTOMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

CALIBRATION FACTORS; CLARKSON'S METHOD; DOSE CALCULATION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIOSURGERY; INTENSITY-MODULATED; MONITOR UNIT CALCULATIONS; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; RELIABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041888173     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1589495     Document Type: Article

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