Proton dosimetry intercomparison

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 169-177

  Vatnitsky, S ^a   Siebers, J ^a   Miller, D ^a   Moyers, M ^a   Schaefer, M ^a   Jones, D ^b   Vynckier, S ^c   Hayakawa, Y ^d   Delacroix, S ^e   Isacsson, U ^f   Medin, J ^f   Kacperek, A ^g   Lomax, A ^h   Coray, A ^h   Kluge, H ⁱ   Heese, J ⁱ   Verhey, L ^j   Daftari, I ^j   Gall, K ^k   Lam, G ^l   Beck, T ^m   Hartmann, G ^m   more..

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ACCELERATOR CENTRE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e Proton Therapy Center of Orsay   (France)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g CLATTERBRIDGE CENTRE FOR ONCOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^h PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

ⁱ HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^l TRIUMF   (Canada)

^m GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

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Author keywords

inter institutional uniformity; intercomparison; proton dosimetry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FAST PROTON RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CALIBRATION; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY;

EID: 0030294893     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(96)01800-2     Document Type: Article

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