Dosimetric evaluation of a dedicated stereotactic linear accelerator using measurement and Monte Carlo simulation

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3943-3954

  Heydarian, M ^a   Asnaashari, K ^b   Allahverdi, M ^b   Jaffray, D A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dosimetric evaluation; IMRT; Monte Carlo; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS; PHOTOIONIZATION; RADIOTHERAPY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER TANKS;

DOSIMETRIC EVALUATION; DOSIMETRIC PARAMETER; IMRT; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IONIZATION CHAMBER DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO RESULTS; RADIATION TREATMENTS; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MENINGIOMA; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 50449089538     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2964198     Document Type: Article

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