Evaluation of MLC leaf positioning using a scanning liquid ionization chamber EPID

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Mohammadi, Mohammad ^a,b,c   Bezak, Eva ^a,b  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AMORPHOUS SILICON; EDGE DETECTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC PHANTOM; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGES (EPI); MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR (MLC); PHANTOM POSITIONING;

OPTICAL COLLIMATORS;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; ELECTRONICS; GEOMETRY; IMAGING SYSTEM; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIOMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34247487540     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/1/N03     Document Type: Article

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