Spectroscopic characterization of a novel electronic brachytherapy system

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-75

  Liu, Derek ^a   Poon, Emily ^a   Bazalova, Magdalena ^a   Reniers, Brigitte ^a   Evans, Michael ^a   Rusch, Thomas ^b   Verhaegen, Frank ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Xoft Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ELECTRONIC BRACHYTHERAPY SYSTEM; XOFT INC. (CO);

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

AGING; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRONICS; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION ENERGY; SIMULATION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY;

BIOPHYSICS; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; X-RAYS;

EID: 38048998997     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/1/004     Document Type: Article

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