Evaluation of the gamma dose distribution comparison method

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2455-2464

  Low, Daniel A ^a   Dempsey, James F ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose distribution comparison; Gamma tool; Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; RADIOTHERAPY;

CLINICAL EVALUATION; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE-DISTRIBUTION COMPARISONS; DOSIMETRY MEASUREMENT; GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SPACE; RADIOGRAPHIC FILMS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; GAMMA RADIATION; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; X RAY FILM;

EID: 0141520680     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1598711     Document Type: Article

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