The history and principles of chemical dosimetry for 3-D radiation fields: Gels, polymers and plastics

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 393-398

  Doran, Simon J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3 D dosimetry; Gel dosimetry; IMRT; Laser scanner; Optical CT; PRESAGE; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETERS; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; GELATION; GELS; LASER APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; PHYSICAL THERAPY; POLYMERS; RADIATION CHEMISTRY; RADIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; SCANNING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

3-D DOSIMETRY; GEL DOSIMETRY; IMRT; LASER SCANNER; OPTICAL CT; PRESAGE;

DOSIMETRY;

PLASTIC; POLYMER;

ALANINE DOSIMETRY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; GEL; IMAGE QUALITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOSENSITIVITY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GELS; PLASTICS; POLYMERS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 58549117097     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.06.026     Document Type: Article

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