Novel multicompartment 3-dimensional radiochromic radiation dosimeters for nanoparticle-enhanced radiation therapy dosimetry

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Alqathami, Mamdooh ^a   Blencowe, Anton ^b   Yeo, Un Jin ^a   Doran, Simon J ^c   Qiao, Greg ^b   Geso, Moshi ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; RADIOTHERAPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TUMORS; X RAYS;

DOSE ENHANCEMENT FACTORS; EXPERIMENTAL CONFIRMATION; LOW ENERGY X RAYS; METHODS AND MATERIALS; OPTICAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSIMETERS; RADIATION THERAPY DOSIMETRY; RADIO-SENSITIZATION;

RADIATION;

GOLD NANOPARTICLE; HALOCARBON; POLYURETHAN; GOLD; NANOPARTICLE; POLYMER;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; OPTICAL DENSITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLYSIS; RADIOSENSITIZATION; REFRACTOMETRY; SENSITIVITY MODULATED ADVANCED RADIATION THERAPY DOSIMETER; X RAY; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GOLD; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NANOPARTICLES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYMERS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 84872041296     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.05.029     Document Type: Article

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