Medical Dosimetry
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 249-258 , Winter 2006

Study on surface dose generated in prostate intensity-modulated radiation therapy treatment

  • James C.L. Chow, Ph.D., MCCPM

      Affiliations

    • Medical Physics Department, Grand River Regional Cancer Center, Grand River Hospital, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Physics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: James C. L. Chow, Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, 610 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 2M9 Canada
    • ,
  • Grigor N. Grigorov, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Medical Physics Department, Grand River Regional Cancer Center, Grand River Hospital, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Physics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Rob B. Barnett, Ph.D., FCCPM

      Affiliations

    • Medical Physics Department, Grand River Regional Cancer Center, Grand River Hospital, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Physics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Received 11 July 2005 ,Accepted 11 July 2005.

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PII: S0958-3947(06)00049-5

doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2005.07.002

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 249-258 , Winter 2006

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