Surface and build-up region dosimetry for obliquely incident intensity modulated radiotherapy 6 MV x rays

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3091-3096

  Dogan, Nesrin ^a   Glasgow, Glenn P ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Build up region dosimetry; Intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT); Oblique incidence; Surface dose

Indexed keywords

RADIOTHERAPY;

BUILD-UP REGION; INTENSITY-MODULATED; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; OBLIQUE INCIDENCE; OPTIMIZATION SOFTWARE; PARALLEL-PLATE CHAMBER; POLYSTYRENE PHANTOM; SURFACE DOSE;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSIMETRY; FILM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY;

EID: 0347625752     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1625116     Document Type: Article

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