Performance characteristics of a microMOSFET as an in vivo dosimeter in radiation therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 4031-4048

  Ramaseshan, R ^a,b,d   Kohli, K S ^a   Zhang, T J ^a   Lam, T ^a   Norlinger, B ^a   Hallil, A ^c   Islam, M ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Thomson and Nielsen Electronics   (Canada)

^d Peel Regional Cancer Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON BEAMS; MOSFET DEVICES; RADIOTHERAPY;

DIRECTIONAL DEPENDENCE; DOSE RATE; GRADIENT FIELDS;

DOSIMETERS;

METAL OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRON BEAM; ENERGY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MICRODOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; STEREOTAXIS;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 4544233994     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/17/014     Document Type: Article

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