Determination of the 4 mm Gamma Knife helmet relative output factor using a variety of detectors

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 986-992

  Tsai, Jen San ^a   Rivard, Mark J ^a   Engler, Mark J ^a   Mignano, John E ^a   Wazer, David E ^a   Shucart, William A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

4 MM helmet; Gamma Knife; Radiation detectors

Indexed keywords

DIODES; ITERATIVE METHODS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SAFETY DEVICES;

4 MM HELMET; DETECTOR RESPONSE; DIAMOND DETECTORS; DIVERSE TECHNIQUES; EXPERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; GAMMA KNIFE; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; RADIOGRAPHIC FILMS;

SILICON DETECTORS;

CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; DIAMOND; SILICON DERIVATIVE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; COLLIMATOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIODE; DOSE RESPONSE; GAMMA KNIFE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; X RAY FILM;

EID: 0038247942     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1567736     Document Type: Conference Paper

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