A comparative study of small field total scatter factors and dose profiles using plastic scintillation detectors and other stereotactic dosimeters: The case of the CyberKnife

Medical Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Morin, Jonathan ^a,b   Béliveau Nadeau, Dominic ^c   Chung, Eunah ^d   Seuntjens, Jan ^d   Thériault, Dany ^b   Archambault, Louis ^a,b   Beddar, Sam ^e   Beaulieu, Luc ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CyberKnife system; dose profiles; plastic scintillation detectors; stereotactic radiosurgery; total scatter factors

Indexed keywords

DIODES; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY; SCINTILLATION; WATER TANKS;

CYBERKNIFE; DOSE PROFILE; PLASTIC SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; SCATTER FACTOR; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY;

SILICON DETECTORS;

SILICON; WATER; PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYBERKNIFE; DIODE; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY; GAMMA RADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PLASTIC SCINTILLATION DETECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION SCATTERING; SCINTILLATION; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; SCINTILLATION COUNTING;

PLASTICS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTING;

EID: 84872017389     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4772190     Document Type: Article

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