Use of an amorphous silicon electronic portal imaging device for multileaf collimator quality control and calibration

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1377-1392

  Baker, S J K ^a   Budgell, G J ^a   MacKay, R I ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; CALIBRATION; GAIN MEASUREMENT; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; SCANNING;

ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICES (EPID); GAIN CALIBRATION CORRECTIONS; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS (MLC); ROTATIONAL MISALIGNMENTS;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

SILICON;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COLLIMATOR; DEVICE; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICE; FILM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEASUREMENT; MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION FIELD; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROTATION; TECHNIQUE;

CALIBRATION; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SILICON; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 17144426504     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/7/003     Document Type: Article

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