Evaluation of a 2D detector array for patient-specific VMAT QA with different setups

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 7163-7177

  Boggula, Ramesh ^a   Birkner, Mattias ^b   Lohr, Frank ^a   Steil, Volker ^a   Wenz, Frederik ^a   Wertz, Hansjoerg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b IBA Dosimetry   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2D DETECTOR; ADVANCED TREATMENT; ARC THERAPY; BEAM ANGLE; CORRECTION FACTORS; DETECTOR ELEMENTS; INTENSITY-MODULATED ARC THERAPIES; PRE-TREATMENT; TREATMENT PLANS; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOPLASM; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STANDARD;

BODY BURDEN; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 80155173397     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/22/011     Document Type: Article

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