Interpretation and evaluation of the γ index and the γ index angle for the verification of IMRT hybrid plans

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 399-411

  Stock, Markus ^a   Kroupa, Bernhard ^a   Georg, Dietmar ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; RADIOTHERAPY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

HISTOGRAMS; INTERPRETATION; SOFTWARE PACKAGES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COLLIMATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FILM; GAMMA RADIATION; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HISTOGRAM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE DISEASE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SPINE DISEASE; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; FILM DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 14544300121     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/3/001     Document Type: Article

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