Dose assessment from an online kilovoltage imaging system in radiation therapy

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-50

  Osei, Ernest K ^a,b   Schaly, Bryan ^a   Fleck, Andre ^a   Charland, Paule ^a,b   Barnett, Rob ^a,b  

^a Grand River Regional Cancer Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONE BEAMS; DOSE ASSESSMENTS; DOSIMETRIC PROPERTIES; IMAGE-GUIDED RADIATION THERAPIES; IMAGING DOSE; MEAN DOSE; PROSTATE CANCERS; RADIATION THERAPIES; RANDO ANTHROPOMORPHIC PHANTOMS; RANDO PHANTOMS; SKIN DOSE; SKIN SURFACES; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETERS;

AGRICULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE MATCHING; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; RADIOTHERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY;

SKIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; KILOVOLTAGE CONE BEAM COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN SURFACE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKIN; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 63649127584     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: 13616498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/29/1/002     Document Type: Article

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