Reliable detection of fluence anomalies in EPID-based IMRT pretreatment quality assurance using pixel intensity deviations

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 4959-4975

  Gordon, J J ^a   Gardner, J K ^b   Wang, S ^c   Siebers, J V ^b  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

delivery error; electronic portal imaging device (EPID); fluence anomaly; intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT); quality assurance (QA)

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ERRORS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MEDIAN FILTERS; PIXELS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY;

ADVANCED TREATMENT; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGES; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICES; FLUENCES; INTENSITY DIFFERENCE; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC ANALYSIS;

ANOMALY DETECTION;

EID: 84864719393     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4736821     Document Type: Article

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