Measurement of absorbed dose, quality factor, and dose equivalent in water phantom outside of the irradiation field in passive carbon-ion and proton radiotherapies

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 4046-4055

  Yonai, Shunsuke ^a   Kase, Yuki ^a   Matsufuji, Naruhiro ^a   Kanai, Tatsuaki ^b   Nishio, Teiji ^c   Namba, Masao ^d   Yamashita, Wataru ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^d YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

carbon ion radiotherapy; dose equivalent; proton radiotherapy; quality factor; tissue equivalent proportional counter

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CARBON; DISEASES; HEAVY IONS; IRRADIATION; PHANTOMS; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; PROTON BEAMS; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; TISSUE;

CARBON ION RADIOTHERAPY; DOSE EQUIVALENT; PROTON RADIOTHERAPY; QUALITY FACTORS; TISSUE EQUIVALENT PROPORTIONAL COUNTER;

PROTON BEAM THERAPY;

CARBON; HEAVY ION; PROTON; WATER;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS;

CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; HEAVY IONS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; WATER;

EID: 78149489503     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3458721     Document Type: Article

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