A quality assurance tool for high-dose-rate brachytherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2525-2532

  Rickey, Daniel W ^a,b   Sasaki, David ^a   Bews, Jeff ^a,b  

^a CANCERCARE MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diode detector; High dose rate brachytherapy; Quality assurance; Radiochromic film

Indexed keywords

ONCOLOGY; PHOTODIODES; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

ACCURACY AND PRECISION; DIODE DETECTORS; HIGH-DOSE RATE BRACHYTHERAPY; PHOTODIODE DETECTOR; QUALITY ASSURANCE TOOLS; RADIOCHROMIC FILM; STANDARD DEVIATION; VISUAL ASSESSMENTS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 77953495967     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3425786     Document Type: Article

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