Feasibility of using PRESAGE®for relative 3D dosimetry of small proton fields

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 22, 2012, Pages

  Zhao, Li ^a,b   Newton, Joseph ^c   Oldham, Mark ^c   Das, Indra J ^a,b   Cheng, Chee Wai ^a,b   Adamovics, John ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE; BEAM DELIVERY SYSTEMS; BRAGG PEAKS; CONVENTIONAL DETECTORS; DATA POINTS; DEPTH DOSE; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE PROFILE; ENTRANCE REGION; FIELD STUDIES; FINITE SIZE; GAMMA ANALYSIS; LAYER STACKING; MEASURED RESULTS; PROTON THERAPY; PROTON TREATMENT; TARGET VOLUMES;

DOSIMETERS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

DOSIMETRY;

PROTON;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOMETRY;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; PROTON THERAPY; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 84869034689     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/22/N431     Document Type: Article

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