Novel dosimetric phantom for quality assurance of volumetric modulated arc therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1813-1821

  Ĺtourneau, Daniel ^a,b   Publicover, Julia ^a   Kozelka, Jakub ^c   Moseley, Douglas J ^a,b   Jaffray, David A ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Sun Nuclear Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Image guided radiation therapy; Quality assurance; Volumetric modulated arc therapy

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DIODES; ERRORS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHANTOMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CONTROL POINTS (CPS); CYLINDRICAL GEOMETRY; CYLINDRICAL SURFACE; DISCRETIZATION EFFECTS; IMAGE-GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR INTERPOLATION; RADIATION SENSITIVITY; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

DOSIMETERS;

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; DIODE; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INCIDENCE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PERFORMANCE; PHANTOM; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL DETECTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEM; VOLUMTERIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

EID: 65449118359     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3117563     Document Type: Article

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