Small beam dosimetry;Dosimetrie des faisceaux de photons de faibles dimensions

Cancer/Radiotherapie

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 105-114

  Manens, J P ^a   Buchheit, I ^a   Beauvais, H ^a   Gaboriaud, G ^a   Mazal, A ^a   Piret, P ^a  

^a CENTRE EUGÈNE MARQUIS   (France)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Radiotherapy; Small beam focal point; Stereotaxy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIODE; FILM DOSIMETER; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY;

PHOTONS; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0031921092     PISSN: 12783218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1278-3218(98)89081-1     Document Type: Article

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