Peridose, a software program to calculate the dose outside the primary beam in radiation therapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 209-213

  Van Der Giessen, Peit Hein ^a  

^a DR BERNARD VERBEETEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fetal dose; Peripheral dose; Pregnancy and radiotherapy; Radiation risks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSE CALCULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIATION SHIELD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALGORITHMS; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0035252099     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(00)00326-1     Document Type: Article

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