A comprehensive system for dosimetric commissioning and Monte Carlo validation for the small animal radiation research platform

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 5341-5357

  Tryggestad, E ^a   Armour, M ^a   Iordachita, I ^b   Verhaegen, F ^c,d   Wong, J W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM; CONE-BEAM CT; DEPTH DOSE; HIGH-PRECISION; MEASURED RESULTS; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; MONTE CARLO DOSE ENGINES; MONTE CARLO MODEL; RADIATION DOSIMETRY; RESEARCH PLATFORMS; ROBOTIC CONTROLS; SMALL ANIMAL; THERAPEUTIC DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; X-RAY SOURCES;

ANIMALS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; VALIDATION STUDY; ANIMAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETRY;

WATER;

ANIMALS; BENCHMARKING; CALIBRATION; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WATER;

EID: 70350496336     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/17/017     Document Type: Article

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