Fast radiographic film calibration procedure for helical tomotherapy intensity modulated radiation therapy dose verification

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1566-1570

  Yan, Yulong ^a   Papanikolaou, Nikos ^a   Weng, Xuejun ^a   Penagaricano, Jose ^a   Ratanatharathorn, Vaneerat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Film dosimetry; Helical tomotherapy; IMRT treatment plan verification

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; LANDFORMS; PHANTOMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

CALIBRATION METHOD; FILM DOSIMETRY; HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY; INTENSITY PATTERNS; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; RADIOGRAPHIC FILMS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TREATMENT PLANS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

CALIBRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FILM DOSIMETER; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY FILM;

EID: 21144451652     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1924327     Document Type: Conference Paper

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