Determination of zero-field size percent depth doses and tissue maximum ratios for stereotactic radiosurgery and IMRT dosimetry: Comparison between experimental measurements and Monte Carlo simulation

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 3149-3157

  Cheng, Chee Wai ^a   Hyun Cho, Sang ^b,e   Taylor, Michael ^c   Das, Indra J ^d  

^a MORRISTOWN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

IMRT; Monte Carlo simulation; Small field dosimetry; Zero field dosimetry

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; EXTRAPOLATION; TISSUE;

DIAMOND DETECTORS; FIELD SIMULATION; IMRT; IMRT DOSIMETRY; SENSITIVE VOLUME; SHALLOW DEPTHS; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; ZERO FIELDS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DIODE; DOSIMETRY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOSURGERY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

EID: 34547454939     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2750968     Document Type: Article

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