Imaging Cerenkov emission as a quality assurance tool in electron radiotherapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1963-1978

  Helo, Yusuf ^a   Rosenberg, Ivan ^b   D'Souza, Derek ^b   Macdonald, Lindsay ^a   Speller, Robert ^a   Royle, Gary ^a   Gibson, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerenkov light; dose; electron energy; linear accelerator; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

CERENKOV LIGHT; CLINICAL ELECTRON BEAMS; CORRECTION FACTORS; DOSE; ELECTRON ENERGIES; LIGHT DISTRIBUTION; PROFILE MEASUREMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE TOOLS;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

WATER;

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRON; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; IMAGE QUALITY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRONS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICAL IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY; WATER;

EID: 84897496441     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/59/8/1963     Document Type: Article

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