In vivo dose verification from back projection of a transit dose measurement on the central axis of photon beams

Physica Medica

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-10

  Francois, Pascal ^a   Boissard, Philippe ^a   Berger, Lucie ^a   Mazal, Alejandro ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

EPID; In vivo dosimetry; Transit dose

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MALE; PHANTOM; PHOTON THERAPY; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION ENERGY; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; HUMANS; PHOTONS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 78651241852     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2010.06.002     Document Type: Review

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