RapidArc treatment verification in 3D using polymer gel dosimetry and Monte Carlo simulation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 4885-4898

  Ceberg, Sofie ^a   Gagne, Isabelle ^b   Gustafsson, Helen ^a,c   Scherman, Jonas Bengtsson ^a,d   Korreman, Stine S ^d,e,f   Kjær Kristoffersen, Flemming ^d   Hilts, Michelle ^b   Bäck, Sven Å J ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^c ACT Health ^*  (Australia)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEL; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GELS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYMERS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78149340454     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/17/001     Document Type: Article

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