Optical dosimetry of radiotherapy beams using Cherenkov radiation: The relationship between light emission and dose

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 3789-3811

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

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerenkov; Cherenkov; dosimetry; IMRT; Monte Carlo; proton; VMAT

Indexed keywords

LIGHT EMISSION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHYSICAL THERAPY; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; WATER TANKS;

CERENKOV; CHERENKOV; CHERENKOV RADIATIONS; IMRT; MONOENERGETIC SOURCES; RADIATION THERAPY DOSIMETRY; VMAT; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

DOSIMETRY;

PROTON;

ELECTRON; LIGHT; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY;

ELECTRONS; LIGHT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICAL PROCESSES; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 84903554801     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/59/14/3789     Document Type: Article

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