Determination of output factors for stereotactic radiosurgery beams

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 5292-5300

  Fan, J ^a   Paskalev, K ^a   Wang, L ^a   Jin, L ^a   Li, J ^a   Eldeeb, A ^a   Ma, C ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Output factor; Scan beam scan chamber method; Small field dosimetry; Trilogy

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; RADIOTHERAPY; SCANNING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ELECTRON EQUILIBRIUM; ELECTRONIC EQUILIBRIUM; MONTE CARLO RESULTS; OUTPUT FACTOR MEASUREMENTS; OUTPUT FACTORS; SCAN BEAM/SCAN CHAMBER METHOD; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TRILOGY;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 70350741707     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3232217     Document Type: Article

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