Proton dosimetry intercomparison based on the ICRU report 59 protocol

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 273-279

  Vatnitsky, Stanislav ^a   Moyers, Michael ^a   Miller, Daniel ^a   Abell, Greg ^a   Slater, James M ^a   Pedroni, Eros ^b   Coray, Adolf ^b   Mazal, Alejandro ^c   Newhauser, Wayne ^d   Jaekel, Oliver ^e   Heese, Juergen ^f   Fukumura, Akifumi ^g   Futami, Yasuyuki ^g   Verhey, Lynn ^h   Daftari, Inder ^h   Grusell, Erik ⁱ   Molokanov, Alexander ^j   Bloch, Charles ^k  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c Proton Therapy Center of Orsay   (France)

^d Northeast Proton Therapy Center   (United States)

^e GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^f HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^j JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^k INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

ICRU protocol; Proton beam calibration; Proton dosimetry

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PROTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY;

EID: 0033017390     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(99)00060-2     Document Type: Article

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