Simplifying EPID dosimetry for IMRT treatment verification

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 983-992

  Pecharroman Gallego R ^a   Mans, Anton ^a   Sonke, Jan Jakob ^a   Stroom, Joep C ^a   Olaciregui Ruiz, Ígor ^a   Van Herk, Marcel ^a   Mijnheer, Ben J ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

dose calculation model; EPID dosimetry; IMRT treatment verification; in vivo dosimetry

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; DOSIMETRY; IRRADIATION; PARTICLE BEAMS; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHANTOMS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; TRANSMISSIONS;

DIFFERENT THICKNESS; DOSE CALCULATION; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICES; EVALUATION PARAMETERS; IN-VIVO; PHILIPS MEDICAL SYSTEMS; TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENTS; TREATMENT VERIFICATION;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 79551675886     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3547714     Document Type: Article

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