Experimental small field 6 MV output ratio analysis for various diode detector and accelerator combinations

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 429-435

  Cranmer Sargison, Gavin ^a,b   Weston, Steve ^b,c   Sidhu, Narinder P ^a,d   Thwaites, David I ^b,e  

^a SASKATCHEWAN CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diode detector; Dosimetry; Small field

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIODE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 80054067428     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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