A study on beams passing through hip prosthesis for pelvic radiation treatment

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1167-1175

  Ding, George X ^a   Yu, Christine W ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dose at interface; Hip prostheses; Inhomogeneity corrections; Pelvic radiotherapy; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MONTE CARLO METHODS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PROSTHETICS; STEEL; TISSUE;

TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ALLOY; METAL; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; HIP PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; STEEL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035889273     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)02592-5     Document Type: Article

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