Replacing Pretreatment Verification With In Vivo EPID Dosimetry for Prostate IMRT

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1568-1577

  McDermott, Leah N ^a   Wendling, Markus ^a   Sonke, Jan Jakob ^a   van Herk, Marcel ^a   Mijnheer, Ben J ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EPID dosimetry; IMRT dose verification; In vivo dosimetry; Prostate

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY;

EPID DOSIMETRY; IMRT DOSE VERIFICATION; IN VIVO DOSIMETRY; PROSTATE;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

ALGORITHMS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33947492059     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.11.047     Document Type: Article

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