Verification of high dose rate brachytherapy dose distributions with EBT3 Gafchromic film quality control techniques

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 497-511

  Palmer, Antony L ^a,b   Nisbet, Andrew ^a,c   Bradley, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL TECHNIQUES; DOSE DELIVERY; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE-RATE; GAFCHROMIC FILMS; HDR BRACHYTHERAPY; HIGH-DOSE-RATE BRACHYTHERAPY; MONTE CARLO DATA; MULTICHANNEL ANALYSIS; PLANNING SYSTEMS; RADIAL DISTANCE; SIMULATED ERROR; SOLID WATER; TEST CASE; TREATMENT ERRORS; TREATMENT PLANS; TREATMENT UNITS;

MEASUREMENT ERRORS; ONCOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

APPLICATORS;

WATER;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; FEMALE; FILM DOSIMETER; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; UNCERTAINTY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; FEMALE; FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; UNCERTAINTY; WATER;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872745285     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/3/497     Document Type: Article

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