Pantak Therapax SXT 150: Performance assessment and dose determination using IAEA TRS-398 protocol

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 78, Issue 932, 2005, Pages 721-732

  Jurado, D ^a   Eudaldo, T ^a   Carrasco, P ^a   Jornet, N ^a   Ruiz, A ^a   Ribas, M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERROR; FILTER; PERFORMANCE; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 23744471751     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/15782649     Document Type: Article

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