Electronic portal imaging device dosimetry

B McCurdy, P Greer, J Bedford - Clinical 3D dosimetry in modern …, 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
Historically, several different electronic technologies have been utilized to replace the role of
radiographic films in capturing the images, including the scanning liquid ionization chamber …

Development of an electronic portal imaging device dosimetry method

J Zhang, Z Fan, X Zhang, R Yang, J Wen - Diagnostics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Support arm backscatter and off-axis effects of an electronic portal imaging device (EPID)
are challenging for radiotherapy quality assurance. Aiming at the issue, we proposed a …

A literature review of electronic portal imaging for radiotherapy dosimetry

W Van Elmpt, L McDermott, S Nijsten… - Radiotherapy and …, 2008 - Elsevier
Electronic portal imaging devices (EPIDs) have been the preferred tools for verification of
patient positioning for radiotherapy in recent decades. Since EPID images contain dose …

An electronic portal imaging device as a physics tool

A Curtin-Savard, EB Podgorsak - Medical Dosimetry, 1997 - Elsevier
An electronic portal imaging device (EPID) can be used not only to acquire megavoltage
patient images but also to measure certain radiation beam parameters of the linear …

An iterative EPID calibration procedure for dosimetric verification that considers the EPID scattering factor

J Chang, GS Mageras, CC Ling, W Lutz - Medical Physics, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
There has been an increasing interest in the application of electronic portal imaging devices
(EPIDs) to dosimetric verification, particularly for intensity modulated radiotherapy. Although …

Dosimetric properties of the Theraview fluoroscopic electronic portal imaging device.

AG Glendinning, DE Bonnett - The British Journal of Radiology, 2000 - academic.oup.com
Electronic portal imaging devices (EPIDs) can be used for non-imaging applications in
radiotherapy such as patient dosimetry. Of the systems available, the fluoroscopic camera …

Dosimetry in radiotherapy using a-Si EPIDs: Systems, methods, and applications focusing on 3D patient dose estimation

BMC McCurdy - Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
An overview is provided of the use of amorphous silicon electronic portal imaging devices
(EPIDs) for dosimetric purposes in radiation therapy, focusing on 3D patient dose estimation …

2-D radiation therapy dosimetry using EPIDs: Dose response variation between 3 siemens electronic portal imaging devices (EPIDs)

S Deshpande, P Vial, L Holloway - Radiation measurements, 2011 - Elsevier
Prerequisite for any new clinical dosimeter is a detailed understanding of the detector's dose
response behavior. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the level of …

Dosimetric performance of a-si electronic portal imaging devices

M Alshanqity, A Nisbet - International Journal of Medical …, 2016 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
The majority of EPID dosimetry literature discusses response linearity and the so-called
image lag and ghosting effects despite the lack of a common definition of these quantities …

A new approach for the pixel map sensitivity (PMS) evaluation of an electronic portal imaging device (EPID)

A Boriano, F Lucio, E Calamia, E Russi… - Journal of Applied …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
When using an electronic portal imaging device (EPID) for dosimetric verifications, the
calibration of the sensitive area is of paramount importance. Two calibration methods are …