Experimental verification of lung dose with radiochromic film: Comparison with Monte Carlo simulations and commercially available treatment planning systems

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2055-2069

  Paelinck, L ^a   Reynaert, N ^b   Thierens, H ^b   De Neve, W ^a   De Wagter, C ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; ATTENUATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLYSTYRENES; PULMONARY DISEASES; TISSUE;

CENTRAL BEAM AXIS; CONVOLUTION ALGORITHMS; POLYSTYRENE PHANTOM; RADIOCHROMIC FILMS;

DOSIMETRY;

CHROMIUM 51; POLYSTYRENE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DOSIMETRY; FILM DOSIMETER; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MATERIALS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; RELIABILITY; TREATMENT PLANNING; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY BURDEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 22844452234     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/9/009     Document Type: Article

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