The impact of linac output variations on dose distributions in helical tomotherapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 417-430

  Flynn, R T ^a   Kissick, M W ^a   Mehta, M P ^a   Olivera, G H ^b   Jeraj, R ^a   Mackie, T R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b TOMOTHERAPY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELICAL WAVEGUIDES; LIGHT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; TOMOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY (HT); LINAC OUTPUT VARIATIONS;

DOSIMETRY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HELICAL TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ARTIFACTS; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 38049177373     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/2/009     Document Type: Article

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