Proton beam dosimetry for radiosurgery: Implementation of the ICRU Report 59 at the Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1369-1389

  Newhauser, Wayne D ^a,b   Myers, Karla D ^a,c   Rosenthal, Stanley J ^a   Smith, Alfred R ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c Worcester Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION; SURGERY;

RADIOSURGERY;

PROTON BEAMS;

COBALT 60; WATER;

AIR; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLOTRON; DIODE; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LABORATORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; CYCLOTRONS; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; WATER;

EID: 0037149987     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/47/8/310     Document Type: Review

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