Evaluation of MatriXX for IMRT and VMAT dose verifications in peripheral dose regions

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3704-3714

  Han, Zhaohui ^a   Ng, Sook Kien ^a   Bhagwat, Mandar S ^a   Lyatskaya, Yulia ^a   Zygmanski, Piotr ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

IMRT QA; MatriXX 2D ion chamber array; peripheral dose; VMAT dose verification

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ERRORS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; MOTION PICTURES; PHANTOMS;

ANGULAR DEPENDENCE; DOSE VERIFICATION; DOSIMETRIC PROPERTIES; IMRT QA; ION CHAMBER ARRAYS; IRRADIATION CONDITIONS; PERIPHERAL DOSE; PERIPHERAL REGIONS;

IONS;

WATER;

CALIBRATION; DEVICES; EVALUATION STUDY; IMAGE QUALITY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CALIBRATION; LINEAR MODELS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; WATER;

EID: 77954717629     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3455707     Document Type: Article

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