Dosimetric investigation of high dose rate, gated IMRT

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 5079-5087

  Lin, Teh ^a   Chen, Yan ^a   Hossain, Murshed ^a   Li, Jinsheng ^a   Ma, C M ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosimetric effect; Gated IMRT; Gating induced end effect; High dose rate

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SIMULATIONS; DOSIMETRIC EFFECT; END EFFECTS; EXTENDED DOSE RANGE FILMS; GATED IMRT; HIGH DOSE RATE; PATIENT SPECIFIC; REPEATED MEASUREMENTS;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BREAST TUMOR; BREATHING MECHANICS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DOSIMETRY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; MOTION; PANCREAS TUMOR; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; TARGET ORGAN; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIDEORECORDER;

EID: 54949152347     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2996176     Document Type: Article

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