Interfractional trend analysis of dose differences based on 2D transit portal dosimetry

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 6445-6458

  Persoon, L C G G ^a   Nijsten, S M J J G ^a   Wilbrink, F J ^a   Podesta, M ^a   Snaith, J A D ^a,b   Lustberg, T ^a   Van Elmpt, W J C ^a   Van Gils, F ^a   Verhaegen, F ^a,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIOTHERAPY; ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES; BREAST CANCER; DOSE DELIVERY; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICES; LUNG CANCER; PORTAL DOSIMETRIES; RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT; TRANSIT DOSE; TREND ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DISEASES; DOSIMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; RANDOM ERRORS;

SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOMETRY; STATISTICS;

DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84867241753     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/20/6445     Document Type: Article

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