Evaluation of a 3D Diode Array Dosimeter for Helical Tomotherapy Delivery QA

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 324-329

  Feygelman, Vladimir ^a   Opp, D ^a   Javedan, K ^a   Saini, A J ^a   Zhang, G ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Delivery quality assurance; Detector validation; Diode array dosimeter; Helical tomotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETER; FILM; IRRADIATION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL DIODE ARRAY DOSIMETER; TOMOTHERAPY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77957012057     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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