The use of a silicon strip detector dose magnifying glass in stereotactic radiotherapy QA and dosimetry

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1226-1238

  Wong, J H D ^a,b   Knittel, T ^c   Downes, S ^c   Carolan, M ^a,d   Lerch, M L F ^a   Petasecca, M ^a   Perevertaylo, V L ^e   Metcalfe, P ^a   Jackson, M ^c   Rosenfeld, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d WOLLONGONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e SPA BIT ^*  (Ukraine)

Author keywords

dose magnifying glass (DMG); QA; silicon strip detector; SRS; steep dose gradient

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; GLASS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; PHANTOMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY; SILICON SENSORS; SILICON WAFERS; STRONTIUM;

DOSE GRADIENTS; DOSE MAGNIFYING GLASS (DMG); HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; SILICON STRIP DETECTORS; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY; STRINGENT REQUIREMENT;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 79952146535     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3549759     Document Type: Article

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