A dose verification method using a monitor unit matrix for dynamic IMRT on Varian linear accelerators

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 5641-5652

  Chen, Xuangen ^a   Yue, Ning J ^a   Chen, Weimin ^b   Saw, Cheng B ^a   Heron, Dwight E ^a   Stefanik, David ^a   Antemann, Richard ^a   Huq, M Saiful ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Weimin Medical Physics Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; LIGHT SCATTERING; LINEAR ACCELERATORS;

DOSIMETRY VERIFICATION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT (IMRT);

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 28644439201     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/23/016     Document Type: Article

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