Verification in the water phantom of the irradiation time calculation done by the algorithm used in intraoperative radiotherapy

Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 132-137

  Słyk, Maria ^a   Litoborski, Marcin ^a  

^a GREATER POLAND CANCER CENTRE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Algorithm configuration; Algorithm verification; GGPB algorithm; IORT

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST SURGERY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; ENERGY; GENERAL GAUSSIAN PENCIL BEAM ALGORITHM; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; IRRADIATION; PHANTOM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCRIPTION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WATER PHANTOM;

EID: 77957897799     PISSN: 15071367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rpor.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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