In-vivo dosimetry by diode semiconductors in combination with portal films during TBI: Reporting a 5-year clinical experience

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 269-276

  Mangili, Paola ^a   Fiorino, Claudio ^a   Rosso, Alberto ^b   Mauro Cattaneo, Giovanni ^a   Parisi, Rossella ^a   Villa, Eugenio ^b   Calandrino, Riccardo ^a  

^a Servizio di Fisica Sanitaria   (Italy)

^b Servizio di Radiochemioterapia   (Italy)

Author keywords

In vivo dosimetry; Portal dosimetry; Quality assurance; Total body irradiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ANKLE; ARM; DOSE FRACTIONATION; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; HEAD; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; NECK; PELVIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; RISK FACTORS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SHOULDER; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UMBILICUS; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 0032850539     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(99)00104-8     Document Type: Article

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