A methodology for TLD postal dosimetry audit of high-energy radiotherapy photon beams in non-reference conditions

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-74

  Izewska, Joanna ^a   Georg, Dietmar ^b   Bera, Pranabes ^a   Thwaites, David ^c   Arib, Mehenna ^d   Saravi, Margarita ^e   Sergieva, Katia ^f   Li, Kaibao ^g   Yip, Fernando Garcia ^h   Mahant, Ashok Kumar ⁱ   Bulski, Wojciech ^j  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE DE RECHERCHE NUCLÉAIRE D ALGER   (Algeria)

^e Secondary Standards Dosimetry Laboratory   (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL 'QUEEN GIOVANNA'   (Bulgaria)

^g BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Cuba)

ⁱ BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^j INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

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Author keywords

Non reference conditions; TLD audit; TLD checks on and off axis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHOTON THERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; MEDICAL AUDIT; PHOTONS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 34447092996     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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