Superficial dosimetry imaging of Čerenkov emission in electron beam radiotherapy of phantoms

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 5477-5493

  Zhang, Rongxiao ^a,b   Fox, Colleen J ^c,d   Glaser, Adam K ^b   Gladstone, David J ^c,d   Pogue, Brian W ^a,b,c  

^a Dartmouth College ^*  (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSE-DISTRIBUTION COMPARISONS; ELECTRON BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; EMISSION IMAGING; ERENKOV RADIATIONS; LAYERED SKIN MODELS; OPTICAL EMISSIONS; SPECTRAL FILTERING; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIODES; IONIZING RADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE;

DOSIMETRY;

METAL; OXIDE;

CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ELECTRON; HEAD; IMAGE QUALITY; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THERAPEUTIC USE; TIME; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT;

ELECTRONS; HEAD; METALS; OXIDES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; SEMICONDUCTORS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84881455571     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/16/5477     Document Type: Article

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