Source location and dose verification for X-ray Intra-Operative Radiotherapy (IORT)

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages 3066-3070

  Metaxas, Marinos G ^a   Speller, Robert D ^a   Royle, Gary J ^a   Seco, Joao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ACQUISITION; DOSIMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONITORING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; TUMORS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (ECT); PHOTON RADIOSURGERY SYSTEMS (PRS); REAL TIME MONITORING SYSTEMS; SOFT ENERGY X-RAYS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 23844524284     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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