Dosimetric evaluation of a 2D pixel ionization chamber for implementation in clinical routine

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1197-1208

  Herzen, J ^a   Todorovic, M ^a   Cremers, F ^a   Platz, V ^a   Albers, D ^a   Bartels, A ^a   Schmidt, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PIXELS; RADIATION DETECTORS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

DOSIMETRIC EVALUATION; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; PIXEL IONIZATION; TIME STABILITY;

DRUG DOSAGE;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; IONIZING RADIATION; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34247170048     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/4/023     Document Type: Article

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