A comparative description of three multipurpose phantoms (MPP) for external audits of photon beams in radiotherapy: The water MPP, the Umea MPP and the EC MPP

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 285-293

  Bridier, André ^a   Nyström, Hakan ^b   Ferreira, Ivaldo ^a   Gomola, Igor ^c   Huyskens, Dominique ^c  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^b FINSEN LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

External audit; Mailed dosimetry; Multi purpose phantom; Quality control

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYSTYRENE; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BONE; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FILM DOSIMETER; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; TREATMENT PLANNING; WOOD;

EID: 0034213638     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(99)00169-3     Document Type: Article

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