Dose attenuation through a titanium alloy hip prosthesis

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-8

  Eng, Tony Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose attenuation; Hip prosthesis; Radiation therapy; Titanium alloy

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; HIP PROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALLOYS; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TITANIUM;

EID: 0034125543     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-3947(99)00021-7     Document Type: Article

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