Dosimetric IMRT verification with a flat-panel EPID

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3143-3155

  Warkentin, B ^a,b   Steciw, S ^a   Rathee, S ^a,b   Fallone, B G ^a,b  

^a CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHANTOMS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON FLAT-PANEL; CALIBRATION PROCEDURE; DIAMOND DETECTORS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICES; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; SCATTERING FACTORS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0347625746     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1625440     Document Type: Article

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