Three-dimensional IMRT verification with a flat-panel EPID

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 600-612

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

^a CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; PHANTOMS; RADIOTHERAPY;

AMORPHOUS SILICON FLAT-PANEL; ANTHROPOMORPHIC PHANTOMS; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICES; HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER IMRT; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOBIOLOGICAL MODELING; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETERS; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; DEVICE; DOSE CALCULATION; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PAROTID GLAND CANCER; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL CORD CANCER; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 14644390214     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1843471     Document Type: Article

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