Radiation quality of a tomotherapy photon fan beam

Health Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 166-170

  Moiseenko, V ^a,b   Mulligan, M ^a   Kron, T ^a  

^a LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

^b Fraser Valley Cancer Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Medical radiation; Monte Carlo; Photons; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DOSE RESPONSE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PHOTON FAN BEAM THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; TOMOTHERAPY;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOPLASMS; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 3242707652     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200408000-00005     Document Type: Article

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