Stereotactic dose perturbation from an aneurysm clip measured by Gafchromic®EBT film

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-23

  He, Cheng Fa ^a,d   Geso, Moshi ^b   Ackerly, T ^c   Wong, C J ^b  

^a CHINA INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC ENERGY   (China)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d XINJIANG TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Gafchromic film; Radiochromic film dosimetry; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RADIOTHERAPY; SCANNING; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

ANEURYSM CLIPS; RADIOCHROMIC FILM DOSIMETRY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY;

DOSIMETRY;

TITANIUM; WATER;

ACCURACY; ANEURYSM CLIP; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; DUST; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; IMMERSION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PROCESS MODEL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; X RAY FILM;

EID: 42249106389     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03178449     Document Type: Article

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