Prototyping a large field size IORT applicator for a mobile linear accelerator

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2089-2102

  Janssen, Rogier W J ^a,c   Faddegon, Bruce A ^b   Dries, Wim J F ^a  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; IRRADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; RADIOTHERAPY;

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; SCATTERING FOIL;

LINEAR ACCELERATORS;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE ELECTRON RADIOTHERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MOBILE LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION SCATTERING; RECTUM CANCER; SARCOMA; TECHNICAL AID;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 42649088728     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/8/006     Document Type: Article

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