Verification procedure for isocentric alignment of proton beams

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 65-75

  Ciangaru, George ^a   Yang, James N ^a   Oliver, Patrick J ^a   Bues, Martin ^a   Zhu, Mengping ^a   Nakagawa, Fumio ^b   Chiba, Hitoshi ^b   Nakamura, Shin ^b   Yoshino, Hirofumi ^b   Umezawa, Mosumi ^b   Smith, Alfred R ^a  

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

^b Hitachi America   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment; Film dosimetry; Gafchromic EBT film; Gantry; Isocenter; Proton beam therapy; Radiation cancer therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049173603     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v8i4.2671     Document Type: Article

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