A simple and robust method for in vivo midline dose map estimations using diodes and portal detectors

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 169-178

  Broggi, Sara ^a   Fiorino, Claudio ^a   Calandrino, Riccardo ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

In vivo dosimetry; Midline dose; Quality assurance in radiotherapy; Transit dosimetry

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DIODE; DOSIMETRY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS;

ABDOMEN; ALGORITHMS; BREAST; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; NECK; PELVIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0035252572     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(00)00331-5     Document Type: Article

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