3D dose reconstruction for clinical evaluation of IMRT pretreatment verification with an EPID

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 201-207

  van Zijtveld, Mathilda ^a   Dirkx, Maarten L P ^a   de Boer, Hans C J ^a   Heijmen, Ben J M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EPID; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Portal dosimetry; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CAMERA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM CANCER; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33847018108     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2006.12.010     Document Type: Article

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