In vivo measurements for high dose rate brachytherapy with optically stimulated luminescent dosimeters

Medical Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Sharma, Renu ^a   Jursinic, Paul A ^a  

^a West Michigan Cancer Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Acuros algorithm; high dose rate brachytherapy; in vivo dosimetry; optically stimulated luminescent dosimeters

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; LUMINESCENCE; NANODOTS; ONCOLOGY; PHANTOMS; RADIOTHERAPY; X RAYS;

EXPERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; HIGH-DOSE RATE BRACHYTHERAPY; IN-VIVO; IN-VIVO MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; PHANTOM MEASUREMENTS; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

IRIDIUM 192;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GAMMA RADIATION; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGING PHANTOM; IN VIVO STUDY; IRRADIATION; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN SURFACE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNCERTAINTY; X RAY; BREAST TUMOR; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; LUMINESCENCE; RADIOMETRY; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEVICES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL PROCESSES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84880232522     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4811143     Document Type: Article

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