Integral test phantom for dosimetric quality assurance of image guided and intensity modulated stereotactic radiotherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1842-1849

  Létourneau, Daniel ^a   Keller, Harald ^a,b   Sharpe, Michael B ^a,b   Jaffray, David A ^a,c  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cone beam CT; Image guided radiation therapy; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Quality assurance and integral test

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DIODES; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PHANTOMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

CONE-BEAM CT; DOSIMETRIC QUALITY ASSURANCE; IMAGE-GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY; INTEGRAL TEST; INTENSITY-MODULATED; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DIODE; DOSIMETRY; ERROR; GEOMETRY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 34247643523     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2722471     Document Type: Article

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