Dosimetry limitations and a dose correction methodology for step-and-shoot IMRT

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 637-652

  Grigorov, Grigor N ^a   Chow, James C L ^b   Barnett, Rob B ^a  

^a Grand River Regional Cancer Centre   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ERROR CORRECTION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; PATIENT MONITORING; PLANNING; RADIOGRAPHY;

INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY (IMRT); RADIOGRAPHIC KODAK FILMS; STEP-AND-SHOOT TECHNIQUE; VARIAN CLINAC 21 EX LINEAR ACCELERATOR;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ERROR; FILM; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MONITOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; IONS; MALE; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 31344462965     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/3/011     Document Type: Article

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