IMRT point dose measurements with a diamond detector

Radiology and Oncology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Barnett, Erin ^c   MacKenzie, Marc ^c   Fallone, B Gino ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Cross Cancer Institute   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Diamond detector, intensity modulated radiotherapy; Radiotherapy; Radiotherapy dosage

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DIAMOND DETECTOR; DOSIMETRY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 17144420508     PISSN: 13182099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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