A novel technique to enable experimental validation of deformable dose accumulation

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 765-776

  Niu, Carolyn J ^a   Foltz, Warren D ^a   Velec, Michael ^a   Moseley, Joanne L ^a   Al Mayah, Adil ^a   Brock, Kristy K ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

deformable dose accumulation; deformable phantom; deformable registration; gel dosimetry

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; GELS; OXYGEN; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BIO-MECHANICAL MODELS; DEFORMABLE REGISTRATION; DOSE ACCUMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FABRICATION METHOD; GEL DOSIMETRY; PERIPHERAL REGIONS; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

DEFORMATION;

EID: 84856961740     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3676185     Document Type: Article

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