Initial evaluation of a commercial EPID modified to a novel direct-detection configuration for radiotherapy dosimetry

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 4362-4374

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

^a Liverpool and Macarthur Cancer Therapy Centres ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CALVARY MATER NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon; Dosimetry; EPID; Flat panel dosimeter; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; COPPER; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; LIGHT EMISSION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOSPHORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY;

BEAM PROFILE MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICES; EPID; FLAT PANEL; INTENSITY-MODULATED; IONISATION CHAMBER MEASUREMENTS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSIMETER; RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

COPPER; PHOSPHORUS; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICE; IMAGING SYSTEM; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 52949139395     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2975156     Document Type: Article

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