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Monitor unit calculations for external photon and electron beams: Report of the AAPM Therapy Physics Committee Task Group No. 71
dc.contributor.authorGibbons, John P.
dc.contributor.authorAntolak, John A.
dc.contributor.authorFollowill, David S.
dc.contributor.authorHuq, M. Saiful
dc.contributor.authorKlein, Eric E.
dc.contributor.authorLam, Kwok L.
dc.contributor.authorPalta, Jatinder R.
dc.contributor.authorRoback, Donald M.
dc.contributor.authorReid, Mark
dc.contributor.authorKhan, Faiz M.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-06T20:47:16Z
dc.date.available2017-01-06T20:47:16Z
dc.date.issued2014-03
dc.identifier.citationGibbons, John P.; Antolak, John A.; Followill, David S.; Huq, M. Saiful; Klein, Eric E.; Lam, Kwok L.; Palta, Jatinder R.; Roback, Donald M.; Reid, Mark; Khan, Faiz M. (2014). "Monitor unit calculations for external photon and electron beams: Report of the AAPM Therapy Physics Committee Task Group No. 71." Medical Physics 41(3): n/a-n/a.
dc.identifier.issn0094-2405
dc.identifier.issn2473-4209
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/134882
dc.publisherAmerican Association of Physicists in Medicine
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.
dc.subject.otherPhysicists
dc.subject.otherIntensity modulated radiation therapy
dc.subject.otherIonization chambers
dc.subject.otherElectron beams
dc.subject.otherMultileaf collimators
dc.subject.otherCollimation
dc.subject.otherwater
dc.subject.otherDosimetry/exposure assessment
dc.subject.otherTherapeutic applications
dc.subject.otherElectron and positron beams
dc.subject.otherdosimetry
dc.subject.otherelectron beams
dc.subject.otherlaser beams
dc.subject.otherphantoms
dc.subject.otherprotocols
dc.subject.otherradiation therapy
dc.subject.othermonitor unit
dc.subject.otherdose calculation
dc.subject.otherphoton beams
dc.subject.otherelectron beams
dc.subject.otherRadiation therapy
dc.subject.otherScintigraphy
dc.subject.otherDosimetry
dc.subject.otherField size
dc.subject.otherCollimators
dc.subject.otherPhotons
dc.titleMonitor unit calculations for external photon and electron beams: Report of the AAPM Therapy Physics Committee Task Group No. 71
dc.typeArticleen_US
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dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelMedicine (General)
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHealth Sciences
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Reviewed
dc.contributor.affiliationumDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan,Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh CancerInstitute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15232
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDepartment of Physics, Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center,Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Virginia CommonwealthUniversity, Richmond, Virginia 23298
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Minnesota,Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDepartment of Medical Physics, Fletcher‐Allen Health Care,Burlington, Vermont 05401
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Centers of NorthCarolina, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDepartment of Radiation Physics, UT M.D. Anderson CancerCenter, Houston, Texas 77030
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester,Minnesota 55905
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/134882/1/mp4244.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1118/1.4864244
dc.identifier.sourceMedical Physics
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