An EPID based method for efficient and precise asymmetric jaw alignment quality assurance

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 5488-5496

  Clews, Luke ^a,b   Greer, Peter B ^a,c  

^a CALVARY MATER NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asymmetric jaws; EPID; Junction dose verification

Indexed keywords

LINEAR ACCELERATORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

ASYMMETRIC JAWS; CORRECTION FACTORS; EPID; JUNCTION DOSE; LONG TERM STABILITY; RADIOGRAPHIC FILMS; SCATTERING PROPERTY; SILICON ELECTRONICS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; X RAY FILM;

EID: 72049132327     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3253463     Document Type: Article

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