Feasibility study of entrance in vivo dose measurements with mailed thermoluminescence detectors

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-96

  Swinnen, Ans ^a   Verstraete, Jan ^a   Huyskens, Dominique Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

External audit; In vivo; Thermoluminescence dosimetry

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COBALT 60; COPPER; LITHIUM FLUORIDE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CALIBRATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSTAL SERVICE; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 4644274500     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2004.07.021     Document Type: Article

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