Experimental evaluation of interface doses in the presence of air cavities compared with treatment planning algorithms

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 350-355

  Shahine, B H ^a   Al Ghazi, M S A L ^b,c   El Khatib, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Inhomogeneity corrections; Interface dosimetry; Radiotherapy; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

RADIOTHERAPY;

CALCULATION ALGORITHMS; ELECTRONIC EQUILIBRIUM; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; INHOMOGENEITY CORRECTION; POLYSTYRENE PHANTOM; SECONDARY PARTICLES; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ARTICLE; CANCER; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PHYSICS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0032978977     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598526     Document Type: Article

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