Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) plastic-based low cost tissue equivalent phantom for verification dosimetry in IMRT

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-32

  Kumar, Rajesh ^a   Sharma, S D ^a   Despande, Sudesh ^b   Ghadi, Yogesh ^b   Shaiju, V S ^a,b,c   Amols, H I ^c   Mayya, Y S ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b P D HINDUJA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ABS; Dose verification; IMRT; Phantom

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954292459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v11i1.3030     Document Type: Article

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