Dosimetry of hip irradiation for the prevention of heterotopic bone formation after arthroplasty

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1161-1165

  Evans, Michael D C ^a   Patrocinio, Horacio J ^a   Souhami, Luis ^a   Tanzer, Michael ^b   Podgorsak, Ervin B ^a  

^a Department of Medical Physics ^*  (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Heterotopic bone formation; Hip irradiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION SHIELD;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; HUMANS; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHYSICS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 0032963146     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00511-2     Document Type: Article

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