Small fields: Nonequilibrium radiation dosimetry

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 206-215

  Das, Indra J ^a   Ding, George X ^b   Ahnesjö, Anders ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Elekta AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo; Nonequilibrium conditions; Small field dosimetry

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOTHERAPY;

CONTROLLED PERTURBATION; IMAGE-GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATIONS; MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUES; NON-EQUILIBRIUM RADIATION; NONEQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; RADIOTHERAPY APPLICATIONS; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY;

RADIATION;

ACCURACY; BEAM THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA KNIFE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION PHYSICS; REVIEW; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 37549052531     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2815356     Document Type: Review

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