Uncertainties in IMRT dosimetry

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2491-2500

  Li, Jin Sheng ^a   Lin, Teh ^a   Chen, Lili ^a   Price, Robert A ^a   Ma, Chang Ming ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; IMRT; Intensity modulation; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

MONTE CARLO METHODS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOTHERAPY; STATISTICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BEAM DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; INTENSITY MAPS; INTENSITY MODULATIONS; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEAN DOSE; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; STANDARD DEVIATION; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 77953492402     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3413997     Document Type: Article

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