Conversion of measured percentage depth dose to tissue maximum ratio values in stereotactic radiotherapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 3289-3300

  van Battum, L J ^a   Essers, M ^a   Storchi, P R M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; COMPUTER CONTROL; DOSIMETRY; ERROR ANALYSIS; RADIOTHERAPY;

TISSUE MAXIMUM RATIOS (TMR) MEASUREMENT;

TISSUE;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE; DOSIMETRY; METHODOLOGY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SCATTERING, RADIATION; WATER;

EID: 0037152061     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/47/18/302     Document Type: Article

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