Epid cine acquisition mode for in vivo dosimetry in dynamic arc radiation therapy

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 266, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 658-666

  Fidanzio, Andrea ^a   Mameli, Alessandra ^a   Placidi, Elisa ^a   Greco, Francesca ^a   Stimato, Gerardina ^b   Gaudino, Diego ^b   Ramella, Sara ^b   D'Angelillo, Rolando ^b   Cellini, Francesco ^b   Trodella, Lucio ^b   Cilla, Savino ^c   Grimaldi, Luca ^c   D'Onofrio, Guido ^c   Azario, Luigi ^d   Piermattei, Angelo ^d  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^c UO di Fisica Sanitaria   (Italy)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dynamic treatments; EPID; In vivo dosimetry

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGING SYSTEMS;

DYNAMIC TREATMENTS; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICE (EPID); IN VIVO DOSIMETRY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 40249096057     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2007.11.038     Document Type: Article

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