Design and implementation of a water phantom for IMRT, arc therapy, and tomotherapy dose distribution measurements

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3724-3731

  Pallotta, Stefania ^a   Marrazzo, Livia ^a   Bucciolini, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dose distribution verification; Film; IMRT; Phantom; Tomotherapy

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CYLINDERS (CONTAINERS); DOSIMETRY; FILMS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; LAMINATING; PHANTOMS; PLASTIC SHEETS; RADIOTHERAPY; X RAY FILMS;

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE-DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT; IMRT; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; REGISTRATION TECHNIQUES; TISSUE-EQUIVALENT MATERIALS; TOMOTHERAPY;

IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS;

CHROMIUM 51; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTAINER; DOSIMETRY; FILM; IMAGE QUALITY; IMMERSION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; OPTICAL DENSITY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; X RAY FILM;

EID: 34748868975     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2776249     Document Type: Article

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