A novel approach to accurate portal dosimetry using CCD-camera based EPIDs

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 888-903

  Franken, E M ^a   De Boer, J C J ^a   Heijmen, B J M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EPID; IMRT verification; Portal dosimetry

Indexed keywords

CROSSTALK; DOSIMETRY; FLUORESCENT SCREENS; ITERATIVE METHODS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

DIODE MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICES; EPID; HIGH SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; ITERATIVE DECONVOLUTION; PORTAL DOSIMETRIES; POSITION DEPENDENTS; SIGNAL CALIBRATION;

CCD CAMERAS;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CAMERA; DEVICE; DIODE; DOSIMETRY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 33645533283     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2172746     Document Type: Article

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