Development of a high precision dosimetry system for the measurement of surface dose rate distribution for eye applicators

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4634-4643

  Eichmann, Marion ^a   Flühs, Dirk ^b   Spaan, Bernhard ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Eye applicator; Ophthalmic plaque dosimetry; Plastic scintillator dosimetry

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE RATE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE RATE MEASUREMENTS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; OPHTHALMIC PLAQUES; PLASTIC SCINTILLATOR; PLASTIC SCINTILLATOR DETECTOR; THERAPEUTIC OUTCOMES;

APPLICATORS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EYEBALL; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PLASTIC SCINTILLATOR DETECTOR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 70349668981     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3218762     Document Type: Article

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