EPID in vivo dosimetry in RapidArc technique

Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 8-14

  Slosarek, Krzysztof ^a   Szlag, Marta ^a   Bekman, Barbara ^a   Grzadziel, Aleksandra ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arc technique; Electronic portal imaging device; IMRT; Portal dosimetry; Verification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; IONIZATION; PHANTOM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RAPIDARC TECHNIQUE; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 77549086869     PISSN: 15071367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rpor.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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