Characterization of a 2D ion chamber array for the verification of radiotherapy treatments

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 3361-3373

  Spezi, E ^a   Angelini, A L ^a   Romani, F ^a   Ferri, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; DOSIMETERS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

DETECTOR ARRAYS; DOSE LINEARITY; ION CHAMBER ARRAYS; IRRADIATED AREA;

RADIOTHERAPY;

WATER;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DEVICE; DOSIMETER; ERROR; IONIZATION CHAMBER; IRRADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 22244450090     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/14/012     Document Type: Article

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