Video-rate optical dosimetry and dynamic visualization of IMRT and VMAT treatment plans in water using Cherenkov radiation

Medical Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Glaser, Adam K ^a   Andreozzi, Jacqueline M ^a   Davis, Scott C ^a   Zhang, Rongxiao ^b   Pogue, Brian W ^b   Fox, Colleen J ^c   Gladstone, David J ^c  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^c NORRIS COTTON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerenkov; Cherenkov; dosimetry; IMRT; optical; quality assurance; VMAT

Indexed keywords

CCD CAMERAS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER TANKS; WATER TREATMENT;

CERENKOV; CHERENKOV; IMRT; OPTICAL; VMAT;

RADIATION;

QUININE SULFATE; WATER; QUININE;

ARTICLE; CAMERA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVICES; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; VIDEORECORDING;

ARTIFACTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUININE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; VIDEO RECORDING; WATER;

EID: 84900851887     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4875704     Document Type: Article

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