Measured vs simulated portal images for low MU fields on three accelerator types: Possible consequences for 2D portal dosimetry

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 7470-7479

  Podesta, Mark ^a   Nijsten, Sebastiaan M J J G ^a   Snaith, Julia ^b   Orlandini, Marc ^c   Lustberg, Tim ^a   Emans, Davy ^a   Aland, Trent ^d   Verhaegen, Frank ^a,e  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c Limburgs Oncologisch Centrum   (Belgium)

^d Premion   (Australia)

^e Department of Oncology   (Canada)

Author keywords

EPID; low MU; portal dosimetry; readout

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICES; EPID; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; LOW MU; PORTAL DOSIMETRIES; READOUT; TREATMENT VERIFICATION; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 84870883618     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4761950     Document Type: Article

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