An investigation into the dosimetry of a nine-field tomotherapy irradiation using BANG-gel dosimetry

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1113-1132

  Oldham, M ^a   Baustert, I ^a   Lord, C ^a   Smith, T A D ^a   McJury, M ^a   Warrington, A P ^a   Leach, M O ^a   Webb, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

ACRYLAMIDE; ACRYLAMIDES; CALIBRATION; GELATIN; GELS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WATER;

EID: 0031925044     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/5/005     Document Type: Article

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