Dosimetric intercomparison for two Australasian clinical trials using an anthropomorphic phantom

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 566-579

  Kron, Tomas ^a   Hamilton, Chris ^a,b   Roff, Marianne ^a   Denham, Jim ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Multicenter clinical trials; Quality assurance; Thermoluminescent dosimetry

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

ANTHROPOMORPHISM;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TECHNIQUE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; TONSIL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AUSTRALIA; CALIBRATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NEW ZEALAND; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036472111     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)02682-7     Document Type: Article

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