In vivo and phantom measurements of the secondary photon and neutron doses for prostate patients undergoing 18 MV IMRT

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3734-3742

  Reft, Chester S ^a   Runkel Muller, Renate ^b   Myrianthopoulos, Leon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b S Margaret Mercy Healthcare Centers   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; DISEASES; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; NEUTRONS; PATIENT MONITORING; PHANTOMS; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; UROLOGY;

CR-39 TRACK ETCH DETECTORS; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PHANTOM MEASUREMENTS; PHOTON INTERACTIONS; SECONDARY RADIATIONS; THERMOLUMINESCENT DETECTORS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

NEUTRON IRRADIATION;

ALUMINUM; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGHT; MALE; NEUTRON; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 33749409973     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2349699     Document Type: Article

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