Angular dependence correction of matriXX and its application to composite dose verification

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 198-214

  Shimohigashi, Yoshinobu ^a,b   Araki, Fujio ^b   Tominaga, Hirofumi ^a   Sakata, Junichi ^a   Kawasaki, Keiichi ^a   Kanetake, Nagisa ^a   Iwashita, Yuki ^a   Yoshimura, Saori ^a   Kawakami, Tamami ^a   Ishihara, Terunobu ^a   Okuda, Tomoko ^a   Kogo, Kasei ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

2D ionization chamber array; Angular dependence correction; Composite dose verification; IMRT; VMAT

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867043953     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v13i5.3856     Document Type: Article

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