Quality assurance evaluation of spot scanning beam proton therapy with an anthropomorphic prostate phantom

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 86, Issue 1031, 2013, Pages

  Iqbal, K ^a,b,c   Gillin, M ^a   Summers, P A ^a   Dhanesar, S ^a   Gifford, K A ^a   Buzdar, S A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b THE ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY OF BAHAWALPUR   (Pakistan)

^c SHAUKAT KHANUM MEMORIAL CANCER HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMUR HEAD; FILM; IMAGING PHANTOM; ORGANS AT RISK; PROSTATE; PROTON RADIATION; PROTON THERAPY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; SPOT SCANNING BEAM PROTON THERAPY; SYNCHROTRON; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; TREATMENT PLANNING; DEVICES; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING SYSTEM; STANDARDS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; EQUIPMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STANDARD;

HUMANS; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROTON THERAPY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYNCHROTRONS;

EID: 84886705753     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20130390     Document Type: Article

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