Experimental measurements and Monte Carlo simulations for dosimetric evaluations of intrafraction motion for gated and ungated intensity modulated arc therapy deliveries

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 6419-6436

  Oliver, Mike ^a,b   Gladwish, Adam ^a   Staruch, Robert ^b   Craig, Jeff ^b   Gaede, Stewart ^a,b   Chen, Jeff ^a,b   Wong, Eugene ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; EXPERIMENTS; GATING AND FEEDING; LOUDSPEAKERS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHYSICAL THERAPY; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; TARGETS; THEOREM PROVING; TOOLS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AND GATING; CLINICAL TARGET VOLUMES; CT SCANS; DOSE CRITERIONS; DOSE RATES; DUTY CYCLES; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FILM CALIBRATIONS; FILM DOSIMETRIES; FILM MEASUREMENTS; FREE MOTIONS; GAMMA ANALYSIS; GATING SYSTEMS; INDUCED MOTIONS; INTENSITY MODULATED; INTRAFRACTION MOTIONS; LIVER TUMORS; LOG FILES; MEASUREMENT CONDITIONS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION METHODS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL DENSITIES; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; RADIATION THERAPIES; RADIOGRAPHIC FILMS; SAGITTAL PLANES; SET-UPS; SIMULATION TOOLS; STATIC CONDITIONS; TARGET MOTIONS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EVALUATION; FILM DOSIMETER; GATED IMAGING; HISTOGRAM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IRRADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; OPTICAL DENSITY; PHANTOM; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; X RAY FILM;

DOSE FRACTIONATION; FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOVEMENT; PROBABILITY; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RESPIRATION;

EID: 58149242696     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/22/010     Document Type: Article

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