Dosimetric characteristics of Novalis shaped beam surgery unit

Medical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1729-1738

  Yin, Fang Fang ^a   Zhu, Jingeng ^a   Yan, Hui ^a   Gaun, Haiqun ^a   Hammoud, Rabih ^a   Ryu, Samuel ^a   Kim, Jae H ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Micro MLC; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; IONIZATION CHAMBERS;

DIODE DETECTORS; HIGH RESOLUTION; MICRO MLC; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; RADIOSURGERY; SCATTER FACTOR; SMALL FIELD SIZE; TREATMENT UNITS;

DOSIMETRY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DIODE; DOSIMETRY; FILM DOSIMETER; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 0036703573     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1494830     Document Type: Article

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