Synchronized dynamic dose reconstruction

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-102

  Litzenberg, Dale W ^a   Hadley, Scott W ^a   Tyagi, Neelam ^a   Balter, James M ^a   Ten Haken, Randall K ^a   Chetty, Indrin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Delivered dose; Intra fraction motion; Monte Carlo; Real time tracking

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOTHERAPY; SYNCHRONIZATION;

DELIVERED DOSE; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE RECONSTRUCTION; IMPLEMENTATION ERROR; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTRA-FRACTION MOTION; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; REAL TIME TRACKING;

MOTION TRACKING;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PATIENT MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION;

EID: 33845968513     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2388157     Document Type: Article

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