A silicon strip detector dose magnifying glass for IMRT dosimetry

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 427-439

  Wong, J H D ^a,b   Carolan, M ^a,c   Lerch, M L F ^a   Petasecca, M ^a   Khanna, S ^d   Perevertaylo, V L ^e   Metcalfe, P ^a   Rosenfeld, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c WOLLONGONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d St George Cancer Care Centre   (Australia)

^e SPA BIT ^*  (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Dose magnifying glass (DMG); Dosimetry; Intensity modulation; Quality assurance; Silicon strip detector

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; GLASS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; PHOTONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY; SILICON; SILICON SENSORS;

DOSE MAGNIFYING GLASS (DMG); HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; INTENSITY MODULATIONS; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; SILICON STRIP DETECTORS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 75749139793     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3264176     Document Type: Article

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