Peripheral doses from pediatric IMRT

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2525-2531

  Klein, Eric E ^a   Maserang, Beth ^a   Wood, Roy ^a   Mansur, David ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

IMRT; Pediatric; Peripheral dose

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DISEASE CONTROL; PHANTOMS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROLS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; IMRT; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; PERIPHERAL DOSE; PERIPHERAL POINTS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

PEDIATRICS;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CALIBRATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEASUREMENT; PEDIATRICS; PHANTOM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 33745654537     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2207252     Document Type: Article

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