The Use of TLD and Gafchromic Film to Assure Submillimeter Accuracy for Image-Guided Radiosurgery

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-41

  Ho, Anthony K ^a   Gibbs, Iris C ^b   Chang, Steve D ^b   Main, Bill ^c   Adler, John R ^b  

^a Hong Kong Adventist Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ACCURAY INCORPORATED   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyberknife; Gafchromic film; Quality assurance; Radiosurgery; TLD

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; IMAGE DISPLAY; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; ROBOTICS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; TREATMENT PLANNING; X RAY FILM;

FILM DOSIMETRY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 38849196137     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2007.04.009     Document Type: Article

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