Adverse impact of multileaf collimator field shaping on lens dose in children with acute leukemia receiving cranial irradiation

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1227-1231

  Kalapurakal, John A ^a,b   Sathiaseelan, Vythialingam ^a   Bista, Tomasz ^a   Marymont, Maryanne H ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Lens; Leukemia; Linear accelerators; Multileaf collimators; Radiation effects

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLIMATOR; HUMAN; LENS; MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; SKULL IRRADIATION; T CELL LYMPHOMA; TECHNIQUE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHYSICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 0034333246     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00723-9     Document Type: Article

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