The prediction of transmitted dose distributions using a 3D treatment planning system

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 18-29

  Reich, P ^a,b   Bezak, E ^a,b   Mohammadi, M ^b,c   Fog, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

EPID; Predicted transmitted dose map; Transmitted dose maps

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVOLUTION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY;

ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICE (EPID); TRANSMITTED DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSMITTED DOSE MAPS; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEM;

DOSIMETRY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IN VIVO STUDY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MEASUREMENT; NOISE; PHANTOM; PREDICTION; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION; SIMULATOR; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 33645836543     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03178824     Document Type: Article

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