Thermoluminescent dosimetry in rotary-dual technique of the total skin electron irradiation

Neoplasma

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 125-130

  Piotrowski, T ^a   Fundowicz, D ^a   Pawlaczyk, M ^b   Malicki, J ^a  

^a Greatpoland Cancer Center   (Poland)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Mycosis fungoides; TL dosimetry; TSEI

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACK; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CASE REPORT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; ELBOW; ELECTRON RADIATION; FEMALE; FINGER; FOOT; HAND; HEIGHT; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; NECK; OBESITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT; PERINEUM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; SCALP; SHOULDER; SKIN; TECHNIQUE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

EID: 0037653272     PISSN: 00282685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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