Clinical performance of a transmission detector array for the permanent supervision of IMRT deliveries

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 158-165

  Poppe, Björn ^a,b   Looe, Hui Khee ^a,b   Chofor, Ndimofor ^a,b   Rühmann, Antje ^a,b   Harder, Dietrich ^c   Willborn, Kay C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b PIUS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

2D ARRAY; DAVID system; IMRT verification; In vivo verification; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; IN VIVO STUDY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE;

HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 77954277352     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.12.041     Document Type: Article

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