Dosimetric and microdosimetric study of contrast-enhanced radiotherapy with kilovolt x-rays

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 3555-3569

  Verhaegen, Frank ^a   Reniers, Brigitte ^b   Deblois, François ^a   Devic, Slobodan ^a   Seuntjens, Jan ^a   Hristov, Dimitre ^c  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC BEAMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; DRUG DOSAGE; PHOTONS; TUMORS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CONTRAST-ENHANCED RADIOTHERAPY (CERT); HOMOGENEOUS TISSUES; KILOVOLT X-RAYS; MICRODOSIMETRIC STUDY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

IODINE;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HEAD CANCER; LUNG CARCINOMA; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; MICRODOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 22544476814     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 00319155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/15/005     Document Type: Article

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