Dosimetry protocol for the forthcoming clinical trials in synchrotron stereotactic radiation therapy (SSRT)

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1709-1717

  Prezado, Y ^a   Vautrin, M ^b,c,d   Martinez Rovira I ^a,e   Bravin, A ^a   Esteve F ^a,b,c,f   Elleaume, H ^a,b,c,f   Berkvens, P ^a   Adam, J F ^a,b,c,f  

^a EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^b GRENOBLE INSTITUT DES NEUROSCIENCES   (France)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d DOSIsoft SA   (France)

^e UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^f GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

clinical trials; dosimetry protocol; stereotactic synchrotron radiation therapy; synchrotron radiation

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHANTOMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION;

AVERAGE DIFFERENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRECTION FACTORS; EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITIES; GLOBAL UNCERTAINTY; REFERENCE CONDITION; STEREOTACTIC SYNCHROTRON RADIATION THERAPY; SYNCHROTRON BEAMS;

SYNCHROTRONS;

EID: 79952128486     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3556561     Document Type: Article

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