Dosimetric characterization of CyberKnife radiosurgical photon beams using polymer gels

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2312-2320

  Pantelis, E ^a   Antypas, C ^a   Petrokokkinos, L ^b,c   Karaiskos, P ^d   Papagiannis, P ^d   Kozicki, M ^e   Georgiou, E ^d   Sakelliou, L ^b,c   Seimenis, I ^f  

^a Medical Physics Department   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c Institute of Accelerating Systems and Applications IASA   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^e LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^f Medical Diagnostic Center Ayios Therissos   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

CyberKnife; Diode; Film dosimetry; Output factor; Polymer gel dosimetry

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; DIODES; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; GELS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS;

CYBERKNIFE; DIODE MEASUREMENTS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; FILM DOSIMETRY; OUTPUT FACTORS; POLYMER GEL DOSIMETER; POLYMER GEL DOSIMETRY; SILICON MATERIALS;

POLYMERS;

POLYMER; SILICON;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CYBERKNIFE; DOSIMETRY; FILM DOSIMETER; GEL; MEASUREMENT; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOSURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 44349135083     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2919099     Document Type: Article

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