Dose homogeneity specification for reference dosimetry of nonstandard fields

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 407-414

  Chung, Eunah ^a   Soisson, Emilie ^a   Seuntjens, Jan ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

dose distribution; homogeneity; nonstandard field dosimetry; plan class specific correction factor; tomotherapy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; PHANTOMS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; RADIOTHERAPY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CORRECTION FACTORS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE GRADIENTS; HOMOGENEITY; PARAMETERS CHARACTERIZING; PLAN EVALUATION; REFERENCE DOSIMETRY; TOMOTHERAPY;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 84855439423     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3669487     Document Type: Article

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