Dosimetrical characteristics of a cubic-block-piled compensator for intensity-modulated radiation therapy in the Pinnacle radiotherapy treatment planning system

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-100

  Sasaki, Koji ^a,b   Obata, Yasunori ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b GUNMA PREFECTURAL COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compensator; Effective attenuation coefficient; Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Physical modulator

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PHOTON; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 34247496474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v8i1.2323     Document Type: Article

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