Initial patient imaging with an optimised radiotherapy beam for portal imaging

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-71

  Flampouri, Stella ^a,b   McNair, Helen A ^a   Donovan, Ellen M ^a   Evans, Philip M ^a   Partridge, Mike ^a   Verhaegen, Frank ^c   Nutting, Christopher M ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Low Z target; Portal imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BREMS RADIATION; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY;

EID: 23244455434     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2005.04.006     Document Type: Article

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