Comparison of build-up dose between Elekta and Varian linear accelerators for high-energy photon beams using radiochromic film and clinical implications for IMRT head and neck treatments

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 413-428

  Paelinck, Leen ^a   De Wagter, C ^a   Van Esch, A ^b   Duthoy, W ^a   Depuydt, T ^b   De Neve, W ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMONDS; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; SKIN; TOXICITY; TUMORS;

HIGH-ENERGY PHOTON BEAMS; NECK CANCER; NECK TREATMENTS; SKIN TOXICITY; VARIAN LINEAR ACCELERATORS;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILM; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MACHINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION FIELD; SKIN TOXICITY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 14544282452     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/3/002     Document Type: Article

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