Performance optimization of the varian aS500 EPID system

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 105-114

  Berger, Lucie ^a   Francçois, Pascal ^a   Gaboriaud, Geneviève ^a   Rosenwald, Jean Claude ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Acquisition parameters; Dose; Electronic portal imaging device; Image quality

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33645380399     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.2027.25376     Document Type: Article

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