An investigation of gantry angle data accuracy for cine-mode EPID images acquired during arc IMRT

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 187-201

  McCowan, Peter M ^a,b   Rickey, Daniel W ^a,b   Rowshanfarzad, Pejman ^c   Greer, Peter B ^c,d   Ansbacher, William ^e,f   McCurdy, Boyd M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b CANCERCARE MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d CALVARY MATER NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

EPID; Experimental; Gantry angle; Linac; Measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891801370     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v15i1.4507     Document Type: Article

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