Skin dose from radiotherapy X-ray beams: The influence of energy

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 148-150

  Butson, M J ^a,b   Mathur, J N ^b   Metcalfe, P E ^a,b  

^a Illawarra Cancer Care Centre   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

electron contamination; megavoltage; skin dose; skin sparing; surface dose

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SKIN; X RAY;

EID: 0030909090     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.1997.tb00615.x     Document Type: Article

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