Validation of a treatment plan-based calibration method for 2D detectors used for treatment delivery quality assurance

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 4485-4494

  Olch, Arthur J ^a   Whitaker, Matthew L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Radiological Imaging Technology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

film dosimetry; IMRT QA; quality assurance

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ERRORS; PIXELS; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

CALIBRATION CURVES; CALIBRATION METHOD; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING; FILM DOSIMETRY; IMRT QA; LABOR INTENSIVE; REGISTRATION ERROR; SYNTHETIC IMAGES;

CALIBRATION;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; FILM DOSIMETER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CALIBRATION; COLORADO; FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 78149490266     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3467752     Document Type: Article

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