Monitor unit calculations using a 3D computerised treatment planning system: Verification in an anthropomorphic phantom

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 163-165

  Hewlett, S ^a   Kron, T ^a   Xuan Ku, N ^a   Hamilton, C ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

3D planning; Anthropomorphic phantom; Monitor unit verification

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY;

COMPUTERIZED TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEM;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; STANDARD;

ALGORITHMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0033233345     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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