In vivo dosimetry with thermoluminescent dosimeters in external photon beam radiotherapy

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 68, Issue 4-5, 2010, Pages 760-762

  Costa, Alessandro M ^a   Barbi, Gustavo L ^a   Bertucci, Edenyse C ^a   Ferreira, Heberton ^a   Sansavino, Simone Z ^a   Colenci, Beatriz ^a   Caldas, Linda V E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

In vivo dosimetry; Photon beam; Quality assurance; Radiotherapy; Thermoluminescent dosimetry

Indexed keywords

PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY;

DOSE MEASUREMENT; DOSIMETRIC SYSTEMS; IN-VIVO; PHOTON BEAMS; PILOT STUDIES; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETERS; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; TREATMENT VERIFICATION;

DOSIMETRY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; PHOTON THERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

EID: 77949274542     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.09.039     Document Type: Article

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