Clinical experience with EPID dosimetry for prostate IMRT pre-treatment dose verification

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3921-3930

  McDermott, L N ^a   Wendling, M ^a   Van Asselen, B ^a   Stroom, J ^a   Sonke, J J ^a   Van Herk, M ^a   Mijnheer, B J ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; PHANTOMS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; UROLOGY;

BACKPROJECTION ALGORITHMS; CLINICAL EXPERIENCE; CLINICAL PROBLEMS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE VERIFICATION; SILICON ELECTRONICS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FILM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IONIZATION; IONIZING RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 33749393203     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2230810     Document Type: Article

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