Helical tomotherapy superficial dose measurements

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 3286-3293

  Ramsey, Chester R ^a   Seibert, Rebecca M ^a   Robison, Benjamin ^a   Mitchell, Martha ^a  

^a THOMPSON CANCER SURVIVAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Superficial dose; Tomotherapy

Indexed keywords

PHANTOMS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; TUMORS;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC PHANTOMS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; SUPERFICIAL DOSE; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETERS; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; TREATMENT TECHNIQUES;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

PERU TOMATO MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 34547419781     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2757000     Document Type: Article

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