Breast in vivo dosimetry by a portal ionization chamber

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1121-1127

  Grimaldi, Luca ^a   D'Onofrio, Guido ^a   Cilla, Savino ^a   Fidanzio, Andrea ^b   Stimato, Gerardina ^b   Azario, Luigi ^b   Deodato, Francesco ^c   MacChia, Gabriella ^c   Morganti, Alessio ^c   Piermattei, Angelo ^a,b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c Centro di Ricerca e Formazione ad Alta Tecnologia nelle Scienze Biomediche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast dosimetry; In vivo dosimetry; Quality assurance in radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TREATMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SOFTWARE TESTING;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING DEVICES; IN-VIVO; INTENSITY MODULATIONS; MACHINE SETTINGS; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; WATER EQUIVALENT;

ELECTRON BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; ION TRANSPORT; IONIZATION CHAMBER; IRRADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; X RAY;

MAMMARIA;

EID: 33847618247     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2426401     Document Type: Article

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