A practical technique for verification of three-dimensional conformal dose distributions in stereotactic radiosurgery

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 978-987

  Robar, J L ^a   Clark, B G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beam shaping; Conformal; Dose verification; Dosimetry; Film; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; FILMS; PHANTOMS; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE;

BEAM-SHAPING; CONFORMAL; DESIGN AND EVALUATIONS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE VERIFICATION; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE EQUIVALENCE;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOSURGERY; SIMULATION; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; X RAY FILM;

EID: 0034088508     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598962     Document Type: Article

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