Performance evaluation of an improved optical computed tomography polymer gel dosimeter system for 3D dose verification of static and dynamic phantom deliveries

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3847-3859

  Lopatiuk Tirpak, O ^a   Langen, K M ^a   Meeks, S L ^a   Kupelian, P A ^a   Zeidan, O A ^a   Maryanski, M J ^b  

^a M D ANDERSON CANCER CENTER ORLANDO   (United States)

^b MGS Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose verification; Gel dosimeter; Motion dosimetry; Optical tomography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS; PHOTONS; SCANNING;

CALIBRATION COEFFICIENTS; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; DOSE VERIFICATION; GEL DOSIMETER; OPTICAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POLYMER GEL DOSIMETER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

DENSITY MEASUREMENT (OPTICAL);

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIMULATION;

OCTOPUS;

EID: 50449105737     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2960219     Document Type: Article

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