Surface dosimetry for breast radiotherapy in the presence of immobilization cast material

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1001-1013

  Kelly, Andrew ^a   Hardcastle, Nicholas ^a,b   Metcalfe, Peter ^a   Cutajar, Dean ^a   Quinn, Alexandra ^a   Foo, Kerwyn ^c,d   Cardoso, Michael ^a   Barlin, Sheree ^e   Rosenfeld, Anatoly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e WOLLONGONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST RADIOTHERAPY; CAST MATERIAL; GAFCHROMIC EBT; HIGH DOSE; MOSFET DETECTORS; MOSFETS; RADIOCHROMIC FILM; REAL-TIME DOSIMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SKIN DOSE; SKIN LAYER; SURFACE DOSE; WATER EQUIVALENT;

MOSFET DEVICES; RADIATION DECONTAMINATION; RADIOTHERAPY; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SURFACES;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMMOBILIZATION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOMETRY; SKIN; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SKIN; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 79551717671     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/4/008     Document Type: Article

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