Implementation and validation of a commercial portal dosimetry software for intensity-modulated radiation therapy pre-treatment verification

Journal of Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 189-196

  Varatharaj, C ^a,b   Moretti, Eugenia ^a   Ravikumar, M ^b   Malisan, Maria Rosa ^a   Supe, Sanjay S ^b   Padovani, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b KIDWAI MEMORIAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

2D array detector; Electronic portal imaging device; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Portal dosimetry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; PORTAL DOSIMETRY SOFTWARE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDITY;

EID: 79951473991     PISSN: 09716203     EISSN: 19983913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6203.71758     Document Type: Article

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