A method to check the accuracy of dose computation using quality index: Application to scatter contribution in high energy photon beams

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1018-1024

  Caneva, S ^a   Rosenwald, J C ^a   Zefkili, S ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Accuracy quantitative evaluation treatment planning systems

Indexed keywords

PARTICLE BEAMS; PHANTOMS; PHOTONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STATISTICAL TESTS;

EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; GEOMETRICAL CONFIGURATIONS; HIGH-ENERGY PHOTON BEAMS; POLYSTYRENE PHANTOM; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING; RELEVANT COMPONENTS; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

PHOTOELECTRONS;

POLYSTYRENE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0034036575     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598967     Document Type: Article

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