Skin damage probabilities using fixation materials in high-energy photon beams

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 191-198

  Carl, Jesper ^a   Vestergaard, Anne ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Electrons; High energy instrumentation; Human radiotherapy dosage; Immobilization; Masks; Photons; Plastics; Radiotherapy; Radiotherapy adverse effects; Skin damage; Skin radiation effects

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC; POLYSTYRENE;

ARTICLE; DESQUAMATION; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOTHERAPY; SKIN DEFECT; TECHNIQUE; TELANGIECTASIA;

ERYTHEMA; HUMANS; PHOTONS; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSAGE; SKIN;

EID: 0034192254     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(00)00177-8     Document Type: Article

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