The influence of x-ray energy on lung dose uniformity in total-body irradiation

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1131-1136

  Ekstrand, Kenneth ^a   Greven, Kathryn ^a   Wu, Qingrong ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung dosimetry; Partial transmission blocks; Total body irradiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; DENSITOMETRY; IRRADIATION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG VOLUME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; STANDARDIZATION; WHOLE BODY RADIATION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

LUNG; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION; X-RAYS;

EID: 0030805692     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00286-1     Document Type: Article

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