Simple proposal for dosimetry with an Elekta iViewGT™ electronic portal imaging device (EPID) using commercial software modules

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 187, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 316-321

  Liebich, Janett ^b   Licher, Jörg ^b   Scherf, Christian ^b   Kara, Eugen ^b   Koch, Nadine ^b   Rödel, Claus ^b   Ramm, Ulla ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon EPID; Dose response; EPID dosimetry; IMRT verification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICE; ELECTRONICS; GAMMA RADIATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEASUREMENT; OSCILLATION; RADIATION DOSE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 79960293863     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: 1439099X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-011-2176-z     Document Type: Article

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