Technical note: Heterogeneity dose calculation accuracy in IMRT: Study of five commercial treatment planning systems using an anthropomorphic thorax phantom

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 5434-5439

  Davidson, Scott E ^a   Popple, Richard A ^b   Ibbott, Geoffrey S ^a   Followill, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropomorphic phantom; Film; Heterogeneity dose calculation; Measurement; TLD

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; FILMS; LIGHT WEIGHT ROLLING STOCK; MEASUREMENT; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC PHANTOMS; DOSE CALCULATION; HETEROGENEOUS REGION; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PENCIL BEAM ALGORITHMS; SUPERPOSITION ALGORITHMS; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; TUMOR-LUNG INTERFACE;

PHANTOMS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LUNG TUMOR; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION RESPONSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 56749151431     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3006353     Document Type: Article

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