Octavius 4D characterization for flattened and flattening filter free rotational deliveries

Medical Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  McGarry, Conor K ^a,b   O'Connell, Barry F ^a   Grattan, Mark W D ^a   Agnew, Christina E ^a   Irvine, Denise M ^a   Hounsell, Alan R ^a,b  

^a ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

arrays; flattening filter free; Octavius 4D; patient specific QA; radiation therapy; rotational therapy; VMAT

Indexed keywords

FITS AND TOLERANCES; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHANTOMS; RADIOTHERAPY;

ARRAYS; FLATTENING FILTER FREE; PATIENT SPECIFIC; ROTATIONAL THERAPY; VMAT;

IONIZATION;

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FILM; FLATTENING FILTER; FLATTENING FILTER FREE; HUMAN; IMAGING PHANTOM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MALE; OCTAVIUS FOUR DIMENSIONAL PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOCHROMIC FILM; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; EQUIPMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; RADIOMETRY; ROTATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; DEVICES;

HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; ROTATION;

EID: 84883765522     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4817482     Document Type: Article

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