IMRT delivery verification using a spiral phantom

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2553-2558

  Richardson, Susan L ^a   Tomé, Wolfgang A ^b   Orton, Nigel P ^b   McNutt, Todd R ^b,c   Paliwal, Bhudatt R ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

IMRT; QA phantoms; Quality assurence

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

DOSIMETRIC ERRORS; FILM METHOD; IMRT; IMRT DELIVERY; RADIOGRAPHIC FILMS; SOLID WATER; SPIRAL TRAJECTORIES; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETERS;

PHANTOMS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; FILM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0141631836     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1603965     Document Type: Article

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