Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 95, Issue 2 , Pages 158-165 , May 2010

Clinical performance of a transmission detector array for the permanent supervision of IMRT deliveries

  • Björn Poppe

      Affiliations

    • Working Group Medical Radiation Physics, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany
    • Pius-Hospital, Clinic for Radiotherapy and Oncology, Oldenburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Hui Khee Looe

      Affiliations

    • Working Group Medical Radiation Physics, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany
    • Pius-Hospital, Clinic for Radiotherapy and Oncology, Oldenburg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Working Group Medical Radiation Physics, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany.
    • ,
  • Ndimofor Chofor

      Affiliations

    • Working Group Medical Radiation Physics, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany
    • Pius-Hospital, Clinic for Radiotherapy and Oncology, Oldenburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Antje Rühmann

      Affiliations

    • Working Group Medical Radiation Physics, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany
    • Pius-Hospital, Clinic for Radiotherapy and Oncology, Oldenburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Dietrich Harder

      Affiliations

    • Medical Physics and Biophysics, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany
    • ,
  • Kay C. Willborn

      Affiliations

    • Pius-Hospital, Clinic for Radiotherapy and Oncology, Oldenburg, Germany

Received 7 July 2009 ,Revised 15 December 2009 ,Accepted 29 December 2009.

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PII: S0167-8140(10)00018-6

doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.12.041

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 95, Issue 2 , Pages 158-165 , May 2010

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