Calibration of a novel four-dimensional diode array

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 108-115

  Yan, Guanghua ^a   Lu, Bo ^a   Kozelka, Jakub ^b   Liu, Chihray ^a   Li, Jonathan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Sun Nuclear Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Angular response dependence; Diode array; Quality assurance; Rotational therapy; VMAT

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY; WATER TANKS;

ANGULAR RESPONSE; DIODE ARRAYS; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTRINSIC SENSITIVITY; ROTATIONAL THERAPY; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; VMAT;

DIODES;

EID: 73649086212     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3266769     Document Type: Article

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