The next step in patient-specific QA: 3D dose verification of conformal and intensity-modulated RT based on EPID dosimetry and Monte Carlo dose calculations

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 86-92

  van Elmpt, Wouter ^a   Nijsten, Sebastiaan ^a   Mijnheer, Ben ^a   Dekker, André ^a   Lambin, Philippe ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dose verification; EPID dosimetry; Monte Carlo dose calculation; Patient specific QA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LUNG CANCER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 38149131763     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2007.11.007     Document Type: Article

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