Relative output factor measurements of a 5 mm diameter radiosurgical photon beam using polymer gel dosimetry

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1513-1520

  Pappas, E ^a,b,f   Petrokokkinos, L ^a   Angelopoulos, A ^a   Maris, T G ^b   Kozicki, M ^c   Dalezios, I ^d   Kouloulias, V ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^c LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^d NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^f Papanicolaou Research Centre of Oncology and Experimental Surgery   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Output factors; Polymer gel; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERS; RADIOTHERAPY;

EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; EXPERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; OUTPUT FACTOR MEASUREMENTS; OUTPUT FACTORS; POLYMER GEL-MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMER GELS; RADIOSURGERY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

POLYMER;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; GEL; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LIGHT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIOSURGERY; X RAY FILM;

EID: 21144432528     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1916048     Document Type: Conference Paper

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