Experimental verification of a portal dose prediction model

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2805-2818

  Van Elmpt, W J C ^a   Nijsten, S M J J G ^a   Mijnheer, B J ^a   Minken, A W H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dose verification; In vivo dosimetry; Pencil beam kernels; Portal dosimetry; Portal imaging; Treatment verification

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; FORECASTING; NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHANTOMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

DOSE VERIFICATION; IN-VIVO; PENCIL BEAM; PORTAL DOSIMETRIES; PORTAL IMAGING; TREATMENT VERIFICATION;

PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MODEL; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 25644455331     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1987988     Document Type: Article

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