A Monte Carlo based three-dimensional dose reconstruction method derived from portal dose images

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2426-2434

  Van Elmpt, Wouter J C ^a,b   Nijsten, Sebastiaan M J J G ^a   Schiffeleers, Robert F H ^a   Dekker, André L A J ^a   Mijnheer, Ben J ^a   Lambin, Philippe ^a   Minken, André W H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EPID; IMRT verification; Monte Carlo dose calculation; Portal dosimetry; Pre treatment verification

Indexed keywords

ENGINES; IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHANTOMS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; PHOTONS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY;

ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICES; EPID; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MONTE CARLO DOSE CALCULATION; PHASE SPACE DISTRIBUTIONS; PORTAL DOSIMETRIES; PRE-TREATMENT; RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICE; ENERGY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 33745657855     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2207315     Document Type: Article

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