Underestimation of dose delivery in preclinical irradiation due to scattering conditions

Physica Medica

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 63-68

  Noblet, C ^a   Chiavassa, S ^a,b   Paris, F ^a,b   Supiot, S ^a,b   Lisbona, A ^a,b   Delpon, G ^a,b  

^a Team 12   (France)

^b UMR INSERM U892 CNRS 6299   (France)

Author keywords

AAPM TG61; Dose monitoring; Scattering volume

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; FILM DOSIMETER; IONIZATION CHAMBER; IRRADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OFF AXIS RATIO; PHANTOM; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

AAPM-TG61; DOSE MONITORING; SCATTERING VOLUME;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; MICE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; WATER;

EID: 84890126515     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: 1724191X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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