The implementation of in vivo dosimetry in a small radiotherapy department

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-48

  Voordeckers, Mia ^a   Goossens, Herman ^a   Rutten, Jacques ^a   Van Den Bogaert, Walter ^b  

^a Sint Elisabethziekenhuis Turnhout   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

In vivo dosimetry; Precision in radiotherapy; Quality assurance; Silicon diodes

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60; SILICON;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DIODE; DOSIMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY;

COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC;

EID: 0031971860     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(97)00177-1     Document Type: Article

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