In vivo dosimetry with optically stimulated dosimeters and RTQA2 radiochromic film for intraoperative radiotherapy of the breast

Medical Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Price, Caleb ^a   Pederson, Aaron ^a   Frazier, Chanté ^a   Duttenhaver, John ^a  

^a MEMORIAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

dosimetry; intraoperative radiotherapy; optically stimulated luminescence

Indexed keywords

APPLICATORS; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; LUMINESCENCE; TUMORS; WATER ABSORPTION;

ENERGY DEPENDENCE; IN-VIVO MEASUREMENT; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; NONLINEAR CALIBRATION; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE DOSIMETERS; RADIATIVE ABSORPTION; RADIOCHROMIC FILM;

RADIOTHERAPY;

POLYURETHAN; WATER;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FILM; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIOCHROMIC FILM; SKIN; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FILM DOSIMETER; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LUMINESCENCE; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; BREAST TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOTHERAPY;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 84883778411     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4819825     Document Type: Article

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