Study of dosimetry consistency for kilovoltage x-ray beams

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2376-2384

  Ma, C M ^a   Li, X A ^b   Seuntjens, J P ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dosimetry protocol; EGS4 Monte Carlo; Kilovoltage x ray beam; Radiotherapy dosimetry

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHANTOMS; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTONS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CORRECTION FACTORS; DEPTH DEPENDENTS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; PERTURBATION CORRECTION; PERTURBATION EFFECT; PHANTOM MEASUREMENTS; PLANE PARALLEL IONIZATION CHAMBER; X RAY BEAM;

X RAYS;

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; X RAY;

EID: 0032415881     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598448     Document Type: Article

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