Analytical model for out-of-field dose in photon craniospinal irradiation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 7463-7479

  Taddei, Phillip J ^a,b,c   Jalbout, Wassim ^c   Howell, Rebecca M ^a,b   Khater, Nabil ^d   Geara, Fady ^c   Homann, Kenneth ^a,b   Newhauser, Wayne D ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^d SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MARY BIRD PERKINS CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; ANTHROPOMORPHIC PHANTOMS; COMPOSITE FIELDS; CRANIOSPINAL IRRADIATION; ROOT MEAN SQUARE DEVIATIONS; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETERS; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS;

ANALYTICAL MODELS; ESTIMATION; IRRADIATION; LIGHT WEIGHT ROLLING STOCK; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; TENSORS;

MODELS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CRANIOSPINAL IRRADIATION; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON; RADIATION DOSE;

CRANIOSPINAL IRRADIATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 84887081838     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/21/7463     Document Type: Article

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