In patient dose reconstruction using a cine acquisition for dynamic arc radiation therapy

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 425-433

  Piermattei, Angelo ^a   Fidanzio, Andrea ^a   Azario, Luigi ^a   Greco, Francesca ^a   Mameli, Alessandra ^a   Cilla, Savino ^b   Grimaldi, Luca ^b   D'Onofrio, Guido ^b   Augelli, Boris Giuseppe ^b   Stimato, Gerardina ^c   Gaudino, Diego ^c   Ramella, Sara ^c   D'Angelillo, Rolando ^c   Cellini, Francesco ^c   Trodella, Lucio ^c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Electronic portal imaging device; In vivo dosimetry; Radiotherapy; Stereotactic radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

A-FRAMES; ACQUISITION MODES; AIR GAPS; AMORPHOUS SILICON (A-SI); ARC RADIATIONS; CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; DOSE RATES; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICE; GANTRY ANGLES; IN VIVO DOSIMETRY; ISOCENTER; MONITOR UNITS; PATIENT DOSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL STABILITIES; SIGNAL VALUES; SOLID PHANTOMS; SOLID WATERS; STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY; X-RAY SCATTERS;

CAVITY RESONATORS; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; RADIOTHERAPY; RESTORATION;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 62649110267     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-009-0456-x     Document Type: Article

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