The use of an aSi-based EPID for routine absolute dosimetric pre-treatment verification of dynamic IMRT fields

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 223-234

  Van Esch, Ann ^a   Depuydt, Tom ^a   Huyskens, Dominique Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Absolute dosimetric verification; Amorphous silicon electronic portal imaging device; Intensity modulated radiation treatment

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 1942478371     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2004.02.018     Document Type: Article

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