Intensity modulated radiation therapy: Film verification of planar dose maps

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 194-199

  Tangboonduangjit, P ^a   Wu, I ^a,c   Butson, M ^a,b   Rosenfeld, A ^a   Metcalfe, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b Illawarra Cancer Care Centre   (Australia)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Film dosimetry; Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Pinnacle

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DOSIMETRY; PHOTOGRAPHIC FILMS;

RADIOGRAPHIC FILMS; X-RAY FIELDS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSIMETRY; FILM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; OPTICAL DENSITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD;

EID: 1142291672     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03179181     Document Type: Article

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