Evaluation of a new VMAT QA device, or the "X" and "O" array geometries

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 146-168

  Feygelman, Vladimir ^a   Zhang, Geoffrey ^a   Stevens, Craig ^a   Nelms, Benjamin E ^b  

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

^b Canis Lupus LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Diode array; Dose distribution comparison; IMRT QA; Rotational therapy; Three dimensional dosimetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960552723     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v12i2.3346     Document Type: Article

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