A simple backprojection algorithm for 3D in vivo EPID dosimetry of IMRT treatments

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 3310-3321

  Wendling, Markus ^a,b   McDermott, Leah N ^a,c   Mans, Anton ^a   Sonke, Jan Jakob ^a   Van Herk, Marcel ^a   Mijnheer, Ben J ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3D dose reconstruction; Backprojection; In vivo dosimetry; Portal dosimetry; Treatment verification

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY;

BACK-PROJECTION; DOSE RECONSTRUCTION; IN-VIVO; PORTAL DOSIMETRIES; TREATMENT VERIFICATION;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACKPROJECTION ALGORITHM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM CANCER; SAFETY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 67649583518     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3148482     Document Type: Article

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