Surface dose with grids in electron beam radiation therapy

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 477-484

  Lin, Kuei Hua ^a,c   Huang, Chao Yuan ^a,b   Lin, Jao Perng ^c   Chu, Tieh Chi ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electron radiotherapy; Grid technique; Skin sparing effect

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAMS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ELECTRON GRID THERAPY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON RADIATION; FILM DOSIMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SKIN; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0036152862     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(01)00249-4     Document Type: Article

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