Clinical considerations in the use of missing tissue compensators for head and neck cases

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 267-270

  Sharma, S C ^a   Johnson, M W ^a  

^a Dept Radiat Oncol E W S ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck; Positioning errors; Tissue compensators; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60;

ARTICLE; BREAST; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; IMMOBILIZATION; LUNG; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031770262     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-3947(98)00030-2     Document Type: Article

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