Dosimetric evaluation of a novel polymer gel dosimeter for proton therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2145-2152

  Zeidan, O A ^a   Sriprisan, S I ^a   Lopatiuk Tirpak, O ^a   Kupelian, P A ^a   Meeks, S L ^a   Hsi, W C ^b   Li, Z ^b   Palta, J R ^b   Maryanski, M J ^c  

^a M D ANDERSON CANCER CENTER ORLANDO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c MGS Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose verification; Polymer gel dosimetry; Proton beam dosimetry; Proton therapy

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CALIBRATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; IONS; POLYMERS; PROTON BEAMS;

CALIBRATION PROTOCOLS; CALIBRATION TECHNIQUES; DOSE VERIFICATION; DOSE-DISTRIBUTION COMPARISONS; POLYMER GEL DOSIMETRY; PROTON BEAM DOSIMETRY; PROTON THERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

PROTON BEAM THERAPY;

EID: 77952393562     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3388869     Document Type: Article

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