Daily monitoring of linear accelerator beam parameters using an amorphous silicon EPID

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1721-1733

  Budgell, G J ^a   Zhang, R ^a   Mackay, R I ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; DOSIMETRY; LASER BEAMS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTONS;

BEAM STEERING; COLLIMATOR ANGLE; QC SESSIONS; SILICON EPID;

RADIOTHERAPY;

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICE; HEALTH PHYSICS; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MONITORING; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SILICON; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34247516976     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/6/012     Document Type: Article

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