Dose specification for radiation therapy: Dose to water or dose to medium?

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3073-3089

  Ma, C M ^a   Li, Jinsheng ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEDIA; CLINICAL ISSUES; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE PRESCRIPTION; DOSE SPECIFICATIONS; ELECTRON DENSITIES; ENERGY DEPOSITIONS; MONTE CARLO; PATIENT DOSE; PLAN EVALUATION; RADIATION THERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING; TASK GROUPS; TREATMENT OUTCOMES; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; TREATMENT PLANS;

ALGORITHMS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONS; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; SPECIFICATIONS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

WATER;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; ELECTRON; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; RADIATION DOSE;

ELECTRONS; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WATER;

EID: 79955460941     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/10/012     Document Type: Article

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