Experimental comparison of seven commercial dosimetry diodes for measurement of stereotactic radiosurgery cone factors

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 4166-4173

  Dieterich, Sonja ^a   Sherouse, George W ^b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sherouse Systems Inc   (United States)

^c Ulster Radiation Oncology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

beam data; cone factor; diode; output factor; small field dosimetry; stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; STATISTICS;

BEAM DATA; DETECTOR PACKAGING; EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISON; NORMALIZATION METHODS; OUTPUT FACTORS; SOURCE-TO-DETECTORS; STANDARD DEVIATION; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY;

DIODES;

EID: 79960214850     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3592647     Document Type: Review

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