DOSIMAP: A high-resolution 2-D tissue equivalent dosemeter for linac QA and IMRT verification

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 100-109

  Collomb patton, V ^a   Boher, P ^a   Leroux, T ^a   Fontbonne, J M ^b   Batalla, A ^c   Vela, A ^c  

^a ELDIM   (France)

^b Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire   (France)

^c CENTRE FRANÇOIS BACLESSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYSTYRENE;

ACCURACY; CALIBRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; IRRADIATION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PHANTOM; PHOTON; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SCINTILLATION;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 56349121147     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn228     Document Type: Conference Paper

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