Investigation of three radiation detectors for accurate measurement of absorbed dose in nonstandard fields

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2404-2413

  Chung, Eunah ^a   Bouchard, Hugo ^b,c   Seuntjens, Jan ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Correction factor; Nonstandard field; Plan class specific reference field; Radiation dosimetry

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; PHANTOMS; RADIATION DETECTORS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; CORRECTION FACTORS; HEAD AND NECK IMRT; NONSTANDARD FIELD; REFERENCE DOSIMETRY; REFERENCE FIELD; REFERENCE MEASUREMENTS; STANDARD UNCERTAINTY;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 77953510769     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3392247     Document Type: Article

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