Synchrotron stereotactic radiotherapy: Dosimetry by Fricke gel and Monte Carlo simulations

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 5135-5144

  Boudou, Caroline ^a   Biston, Marie Claude ^a   Corde, Stéphanie ^a   Adam, Jean François ^a   Ferrero, Claudio ^a   Estève, François ^a,b   Elleaume, Hélène ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^b GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; MONOCHROMATORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OXIDATION; RADIOTHERAPY; SYNCHROTRONS;

ATOMIC NUMBER ELEMENTS; SYNCHROTRON STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY (SSR); X-RAY IRRADIATION;

GELS;

FERROUS ION; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZING RADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOTAXIS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY;

CALIBRATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GELS; IONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYNCHROTRONS; WATER; X-RAYS;

EID: 9744249383     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/22/008     Document Type: Article

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