Verification of IMRT: Techniques and problems

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 340-350

  Bogner, Ludwig ^a   Scherer, Josef ^b   Treutwein, Marius ^b   Hartmann, Matthias ^b   Gum, Franz ^b   Amediek, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Monte Carlo; QA; RT; TPS commissioning; Verification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2642573550     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-004-1219-0     Document Type: Article

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