Reconstruction of high-resolution 3D dose from matrix measurements: Error detection capability of the COMPASS correction kernel method

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 5029-5043

  Godart, J ^a   Korevaar, E W ^a   Visser, R ^a,b   Wauben, D J L ^a   Van'T Veld, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b HANZE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2D MEASUREMENT; CORRECTION METHOD; DETECTION CAPABILITY; DOSE RECONSTRUCTION; FLUENCES; HIGH RESOLUTION; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; KERNEL METHODS; LEAF POSITION; LIMITED RESOLUTION; MATRIX; POSITION ERRORS; POSITIONING ERROR; REFERENCE DOSE; SMALL AREA; TREATMENT PLANS;

DETECTORS; ERROR DETECTION; PHYSICAL THERAPY; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; STANDARD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 79961087515     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/15/023     Document Type: Article

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