Measurements and treatment planning calculations of electron dose distributions below bolus edges

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 217-220

  Nygaard, Kirsten ^a   Odland, Odd Harald ^a   Kvinnsland, Yngve ^a,b   Nygaard, Britt ^a   Heggdal, Jan ^a   Muren, Ludvig Paul ^a,b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bolus compensation; Breast wall irradiation; Diode measurements; Electron dose distribution; Pencil beam algorithm

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DIODE; ELECTRON; GAMMA RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 14744287571     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2004.12.014     Document Type: Article

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