An energy fluence-convolution model for amorphous silicon EPID dose prediction

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 547-555

  Greer, Peter B ^a,b   Cadman, Patrick ^c   Lee, Christopher ^b,d   Bzdusek, Karl ^e  

^a CALVARY MATER NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c SASKATCHEWAN CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^d Central Coast Radiation Oncology Centre   (Australia)

^e PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon; EPID dosimetry; IMRT verification; Portal dosimetry

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DEPOSITION; DOSIMETRY; FORECASTING; MEDICAL IMAGING; PIXELS; PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS;

INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; INTERACTION COEFFICIENT; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; PHILIPS MEDICAL SYSTEMS; PORTAL DOSIMETRIES; SENSITIVITY CORRECTIONS; SPATIALLY INVARIANTS; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

SCATTER FACTOR; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICE; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 59249095219     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3058481     Document Type: Article

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