Real-time verification of multileaf collimator-driven radiotherapy using a novel optical attenuation-based fluence monitor - Goulet, Mathieu; Gingras, Luc; Beaulieu, Luc (Medical physics (Lancaster), 2011)
Keywords: adaptive treatment validation; ATTENUATION; COLLIMATORS; COMPUTER CODES; Dose‐volume analysis; DOSIMETRY; Dosimetry/exposure assessment; ERRORS; Humans; INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Linear accelerators; Medical treatment planning; MLC; Multileaf collimators; optical collimators; OPTICAL FIBERS; Optical Phenomena; Particle Accelerators; photodetectors; PLANNING; POSITION SENSITIVE DETECTORS; position sensitive particle detectors; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSES; radiation therapy; Radiation treatment; RADIOTHERAPY; Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted; Radiotherapy, Conformal - instrumentation; Radiotherapy, Conformal - methods; real‐time fluence monitoring; Reproducibility of Results; Scintillation detectors; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; STATISTICS; Therapeutic applications; Time Factors; Tracking and position‐sensitive detectors; VALIDATION; VERIFICATION; adaptive treatment validation; real-time fluence monitoring; MLC; quality assurance; semiconductor detectors