Dose verification of IMRT by use of a COMPASS transmission detector

Radiological Physics and Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-70

  Nakaguchi, Yuji ^a   Araki, Fujio ^b   Maruyama, Masato ^a   Saiga, Shunji ^c  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Toyo Medic Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compass transmission detector; Gamma analysis; IMRT dose verification; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 84858865013     PISSN: 18650333     EISSN: 18650341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12194-011-0137-y     Document Type: Article

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