The 2009 survey of therapy equipment and dosimetry practices in Australian radiotherapy centres

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 285-297

  Brown, Rhonda L ^a   Butler, Duncan J ^a  

^a Australian Radiation Protection   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Radiotherapy; Survey

Indexed keywords

AFTERLOADERS; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL USE; ION CHAMBER; TREATMENT MODALITY;

DOSIMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY;

SURVEYS;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; ELECTRON; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PHOTON; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY;

AUSTRALIA; BRACHYTHERAPY; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 78149466024     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13246-010-0031-7     Document Type: Article

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