Peripheral dose measurement for CyberKnife radiosurgery with upgraded linac shielding

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1494-1496

  Chuang, Cynthia F ^a   Larson, David A ^a   Zytkovicz, Andrea ^a   Smith, Vernon ^a   Petti, Paula L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CyberKnife; Peripheral dose; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

LINEAR ACCELERATORS; RADIOTHERAPY;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC PHANTOMS; CYBERKNIFE; DOSE REDUCTION; MONITOR UNITS; PERIPHERAL DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT MODALITY; TREATMENT PLANS;

SHIELDING;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION SHIELD; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 41449105749     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2889620     Document Type: Article

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