Monte Carlo verification of gel dosimetry measurements for stereotactic radiotherapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3359-3369

  Kairn, T ^a   Taylor, M L ^b   Crowe, S B ^c   Dunn, L ^b,d   Franich, R D ^b   Kenny, J ^a,d   Knight, R T ^a   Trapp, J V ^c  

^a WESLEY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AGENCY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYLINDRICAL CONTAINERS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE MEASUREMENT; GEL DOSIMETER; GEL DOSIMETRY; GEL MEASUREMENT; HIGH RESOLUTION; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; OPTICAL CT; PENCIL BEAM; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT; STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAD; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

HEAD; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84861142617     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/11/3359     Document Type: Article

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