Skin dose reduction by a clinically viable magnetic deflector

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 107-111

  Butson, M J ^a,b   Yu, P ^c   Kan, M ^c,d   Carolan, M ^a,b   Young, E ^c   Mathur, J N ^b   Metcalfe, P E ^a,b  

^a Illawarra Cancer Care Centre   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Electron contamination; Neodymium Iron Boron; Skin sparing; Surface dose

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; MAGNETISM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SKIN;

HUMANS; MAGNETICS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIATION PROTECTION; SKIN;

MAGNETIC DEFLECTORS;

DOSIMETRY; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETS; SKIN; X RAYS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 0031150166     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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