Dosimetric verification of brain and head and neck intensity-modulated radiation therapy treatment using EDR2 films and 2D ion chamber array matrix

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-184

  Varatharaj, C ^a   Ravikumar, M ^a   Sathiyan, S ^a   Supe, Sanjay S ^a   Vivek, T R ^b   Manikandan, A ^b  

^a KIDWAI MEMORIAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (India)

^b MANIPAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

EDR2film; gamma index; I'matriXX; intensity modulated radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CANCER; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; EXTENDED DOSE RATE; FILM; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZATION CHAMBER; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; FILM DOSIMETER; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; PHOTON; PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSE; STANDARDS;

ION;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FILM DOSIMETRY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 77955008478     PISSN: 09731482     EISSN: 19984138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.65233     Document Type: Article

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