The impact of MLC transmitted radiation on EPID dosimetry for dynamic MLC beams

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1267-1277

  Vial, Philip ^a,b,c   Greer, Peter B ^d,e   Hunt, Peter ^a   Oliver, Lyn ^a,b   Baldock, Clive ^b  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d CALVARY MATER NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon; EPID; Intensity modulated; MLC; Portal dosimetry

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS; RADIATION; TRANSMISSIONS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON (A-SI); DYNAMIC MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICES; EPID; INTENSITY-MODULATED; PORTAL DOSIMETRIES; TRANSMITTED RADIATION; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

SILICON;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRONICS; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 41449100285     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2885368     Document Type: Article

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