Commissioning Varian enhanced dynamic wedge in the PINNACLE treatment planning system using GafchromicTM EBT film

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4504-4510

  Fontanarosa, Davide ^a,b   Orlandini, Lucia Clara ^c   Andriani, Italo ^c   Bernardi, Luca ^c  

^a Tecnologie Avanzate TA SRL   (Italy)

^b Science and Technology Park Luigi Danieli   (Italy)

^c Pistoia General Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

EDW enhanced dynamic wedge; Film dosimetry; Gafchromic EBT; PINNACLE3 TPS commissioning

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHANTOMS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS;

ENHANCED DYNAMIC WEDGES; FILM DOSIMETRY; GAFCHROMIC EBT; MEASUREMENT POINTS; PHOTON BEAM THERAPY; PINNACLE^3 TPS COMMISSIONING; STANDARD MEASUREMENTS; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILM DOSIMETER; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PHANTOM; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 70349667187     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3223621     Document Type: Article

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