Verification of treatment parameter transfer by means of electronic portal dosimetry

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 341-347

  Nijsten, S M J J G ^a   Minken, A W H ^a   Lambin, P ^a   Bruinvis, I A D ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electronic portal dosimetry; Pretreatment; Treatment parameters; Verification

Indexed keywords

CCD CAMERAS; DATA TRANSFER; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; VERIFICATION;

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICES; GEOMETRIC PROPERTIES; PORTAL DOSIMETRIES; PRE-TREATMENT; TREATMENT PARAMETERS; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; TREATMENT VERIFICATION;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION FIELD; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 1242271374     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1640972     Document Type: Article

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