Small fields output factors measurements and correction factors determination for several detectors for a CyberKnife® and linear accelerators equipped with microMLC and circular cones

Medical Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Bassinet, C ^a,b,c,d   Huet, C ^a,b,c,d   Derreumaux, S ^a,b,c,d   Brunet, G ^b,c,d   Chea M ^b,d   Baumann, M ^b,d   Lacornerie, T ^b,d   Gaudaire Josset, S ^b,d   Trompier, F ^b,d   Roch, P ^b,d   Boisserie, G ^b,d   Clairand, I ^b,d  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b UMR INSERM U892 CNRS 6299   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d CENTRE OSCAR LAMBRET   (France)

Author keywords

correction factors; dosimetry; output factors; small beams

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY;

CORRECTION FACTORS; DOSIMETRIC SYSTEMS; ELECTRON EQUILIBRIUM; OUTPUT FACTORS; RADIOCHROMIC FILM; RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT; SMALL BEAMS; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY;

LITHIUM COMPOUNDS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYBERKNIFE; DIODE; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; EQUIPMENT; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; UNCERTAINTY; DEVICES;

PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84880233121     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4811139     Document Type: Article

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