Impact of the calculation resolution of AAA for small fields and RapidArc treatment plans

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 4471-4479

  Ong, Chin Loon ^a   Cuijpers, Johan P ^a   Senan, Suresh ^a   Slotman, Ben J ^a   Verbakel, Wilko F A R ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AAA; GafChromic EBT; quality assurance; small field dosimetry; volumetric modulated arc therapy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; MODULATION; PHANTOMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

ANISOTROPIC ANALYTICAL ALGORITHMS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; EVALUATION CRITERIA; GAFCHROMIC EBT; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 79961059930     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3605468     Document Type: Article

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