Does the standardized helmet technique lead to adequate coverage of the cribriform plate? An analysis of current practice with respect to the ICRU 50 report

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1475-1480

  Weiss, Elisabeth ^a,b   Krebeck, Michael ^a   Köhler, Brunhild ^a   Pradier, Olivier ^a   Hess, Clemens F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cataract; Cribriform plate; Dose volume histogram; Helmet technique; ICRU 50 report

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; DOSIMETRY; IRRADIATION; LENSES; SHIELDING;

HELMET TECHNIQUE;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADULT; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRIBRIFORM PLATE; DOSE VOLUME; HELMET; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SHIELD; SAFETY; SKULL BASE; STANDARD; STANDARDIZATION; TECHNIQUE;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; ETHMOID BONE; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; PHYSICS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0035312911     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)01548-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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