Examination of geometric and dosimetric accuracies of gated step-and-shoot intensity modulated radiation therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3962-3970

  Wiersma, R D ^a   Xing, L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gating; Overshoot phenomena; Step and shoot

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ERRORS; FITS AND TOLERANCES; GATING AND FEEDING; GEOMETRY;

GATING; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTENSITY-MODULATED; OVERSHOOT PHENOMENA; QUANTITATIVE TESTING; RADIATION TREATMENTS; RESPIRATORY GATINGS; STEP-AND-SHOOT;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FILM; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 34748915716     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2776671     Document Type: Article

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