Development and characterization of a tissue equivalent plastic scintillator based dosimetry system

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 96-105

  Petric, M P ^a   Robar, J L ^b   Clark, B G ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b Nova Scotia Cancer Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CCD CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PHANTOMS; PIXELS; PLASTIC COATINGS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOSE RATE DEPENDENCE; DYNAMIC TREATMENTS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; NORMAL TISSUE SPARING; PLASTIC SCINTILLATOR; SCINTILLATION LIGHT;

TISSUE;

SILVER;

ARTICLE; CAMERA; COLLIMATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOSIMETRY; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATERIAL COATING; MICROCOMPUTER; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTILLATION;

EID: 31044441058     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2140118     Document Type: Article

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