Commissioning compensator-based IMRT on the Pinnacle treatment planning system

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 310-325

  Opp, Daniel ^a   Forster, Kenneth ^a   Feygelman, Vladimir ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

3D dosimetry; Compensators; Diode dosimeter; Dosimeter validation; IMRT QA

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960524770     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v12i2.3396     Document Type: Article

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