Commissioning stereotactic radiosurgery beams using both experimental and theoretical methods

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2549-2566

  Ding, George X ^a   Duggan, Dennis M ^a   Coffey, Charles W ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ION BEAMS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PHOTODETECTORS; SURGERY;

BEAM PARTICLE FLUENCE; PHOTON BEAMS; RADIOSURGERY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

WATER;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DIODE; ELECTRON ACCELERATOR; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646493919     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/10/013     Document Type: Article

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