A system for three-dimensional dosimetric verification of treatment plans in intensity-modulated radiotherapy with heavy ions

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2125-2132

  Karger, Christian P ^a   Jäkel, Oliver ^a   Hartmann, Günther H ^a   Heeg, Peter ^b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Dose measurements; Dose verification; Intensity modulated radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

IMPACT IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY;

AUTOMATED POSITIONING; COMPUTER-CONTROLLED SYSTEMS; CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY; DOSE MEASUREMENT; DOSE VERIFICATION; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; POLYMETHYLMETACRYLATE; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

HEAVY IONS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0345035258     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598728     Document Type: Article

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