Customization of a radiation management system to support in vivo patient dosimetry using diodes

Medical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1425-1429

  Fontenla, D P ^a   Curran, J ^a   Yaparpalvi, R ^a   Vikram, B ^a  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

diode dosimetry; diodes; dose verification; in vivo dosimetry

Indexed keywords

DIODES; DOSIMETRY; LINEAR ACCELERATORS;

DIRECT LINKS; DOSE VERIFICATION; IN-VIVO; NEAR-REAL TIME; RADIATION MANAGEMENT; REAL TIME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; DIODE; DOSIMETRY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0029841306     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597744     Document Type: Article

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