Use of EPID for leaf position accuracy QA of dynamic multi-leaf collimator (DMLC) treatment

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2091-2096

  Chang, J ^a   Obcemea, C H ^a   Sillanpaa, J ^a   Mechalakos, J ^a   Burman, C ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DMLC QA; EPID; IMRT

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; DOSIMETRY; DYNAMICS; ENERGY GAP; IMAGE ANALYSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

DMLC QA; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICES; EPID; FULL WIDTH HALF MAXIMUM; IMRT; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; MECHANICAL PROBLEMS; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CALIBRATION; COLLIMATOR; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOSIMETRY; DYNAMIC MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICE; ELECTRONICS; FILM; FILM DOSIMETER; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 3142693958     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1760187     Document Type: Article

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