Design and production of wax compensators for electron treatments of the chest wall

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 199-206

  Tobler, Matt ^a   Leavitt, Dennis D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest wall; Compensator; Mold room; Wax

Indexed keywords

WAX;

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THORAX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; THORAX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WAXES;

EID: 0030341833     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-3947(96)00126-4     Document Type: Article

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