Deconvolution of detector size effect for output factor measurement for narrow Gamma Knife radiosurgery beams

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 3643-3649

  Bednarz, G ^a,c   Huq, M Saiful ^a   Rosenow, U F ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; GAMMA RAYS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; RADIOTHERAPY;

GAMMA KNIFE; RADIOSURGERY;

SURGERY;

DIAMOND;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; REFERENCE VALUE; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037152478     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/47/20/306     Document Type: Article

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