A novel methodology for 3D deformable dosimetry

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2203-2213

  Yeo, U J ^a   Taylor, M L ^a,b,c   Dunn, L ^a   Kron, T ^a,c   Smith, R L ^a,b,c   Franich, R D ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

3D gel dosimetry; dose deformation; optical CT; organ deformation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; IRRADIATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHANTOMS; TISSUE;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; CUMULATIVE EXPOSURES; DEFORMABLE STRUCTURES; GEL DOSIMETRY; INTRAFRACTION VARIATIONS; OPTICAL CT; ORGAN DEFORMATION; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

DEFORMATION;

EID: 84861634718     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3694107     Document Type: Article

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