Linear attenuation coefficients for compensator based imrt

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 281-287

  Bartrum, T ^a   Bailey, Michael ^a,c   Nelson, V ^a   Grace, M ^b  

^a SYDNEY CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b CMS Worldwide Corp   (Australia)

^c WOLLONGONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compensators; Effective linear attenuation; IMRT; Modulator

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CORRELATION METHODS; CURVE FITTING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY (IMRT); LINEAR ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; PERCENTAGE DEPTH DOSE (PDD); RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS (RTPS);

RADIOTHERAPY;

ALUMINUM;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LIGHT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHANTOM; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION FIELD; SURFACE PROPERTY; TECHNOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 38649117316     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03178438     Document Type: Article

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