Anniversary Paper: Fifty years of AAPM involvement in radiation dosimetry

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1418-1427

  Ibbott, G ^a   Ma, C M ^b   Rogers, D W O ^c   Seltzer, S M ^d   Williamson, J F ^e  

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

^b FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AAPM protocols; AAPM task groups; History; Radiation dosimetry

Indexed keywords

HISTORY; RADIOLOGY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; EXTERNAL BEAM; PRIMARY STANDARDS; TASK GROUPS;

DOSIMETRY;

ACCURACY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; MACHINE; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARD; STANDARDIZATION; X RAY;

EID: 41449091334     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2868765     Document Type: Review

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