Design, manufacture, and evaluation of an anthropomorphic pelvic phantom purpose-built for radiotherapy dosimetric intercomparison

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 5330-5337

  Harrison, K M ^a,b   Ebert, M A ^c,d   Kron, T ^e   Howlett, S J ^f   Cornes, D ^a   Hamilton, C S ^g   Denham, J W ^a,b  

^a CALVARY MATER NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^f Australiasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine   (Australia)

^g HEIDELBERG REPATRIATION HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropomorphic phantoms; Quality Assurance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; MECHANICAL STABILITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC PHANTOMS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES; DESIGN AND MANUFACTURES; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; POINTS OF INTEREST; RADIATION-INDUCED DEGRADATION; RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

PHANTOMS;

EID: 80053594394     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3626573     Document Type: Article

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