Estimates of whole-body dose equivalent produced by beam intensity modulated conformal therapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 667-672

  Followill, David ^a,b   Geis, Paul ^a,c   Boyer, Arthur ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam modulation; Conformal therapy; Linear accelerators; Second malignancies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER RISK; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; NEUTRON; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECOND CANCER; X RAY;

NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEUTRONS; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SCATTERING, RADIATION; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 0030793184     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00012-6     Document Type: Article

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