Dose comparison of megavoltage cone-beam and orthogonal-pair portal images

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 10-20

  Peng, Lee Cheng ^a,b   Yang, Ching Chong Jack ^a   Sim, Sang ^a   Weiss, Mitchell ^a   Bielajew, Alex ^b  

^a MONMOUTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose comparison; Electronic portal image device (EPID); Image guided radiotherapy (IGRT); Megavoltage cone beam computed tomography (MV CBCT)

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247341334     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v8i1.2275     Document Type: Article

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