Effects on skin dose from unwanted air gaps under bolus in photon beam radiotherapy

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 201-204

  Butson, Martin J ^a,b   Cheung, Tsang ^a   Yu, Peter ^a   Metcalfe, Peter ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Illawarra Cancer Care Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONIZATION CHAMBERS; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; SKIN; X RAYS;

PHOTON BEAM RADIOTHERAPY;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 0033727978     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(99)00276-0     Document Type: Article

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