Polymer gel measurement of dose homogeneity in the breast: Comparing MLC intensity modulation with standard wedged delivery

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1065-1074

  Love, P A ^a   Evans, P M ^a   Leach, M O ^a   Webb, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELS; POLYMERS; RADIOTHERAPY;

POLYMER GEL DOSIMETRY;

DOSIMETRY;

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALIBRATION; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; GELS; HUMANS; POLYMERS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0038029394     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/8/308     Document Type: Article

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