Variations in skin dose using 6MV or 18MV x-ray beams

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 79-81

  Yu, P K N ^b   Cheung, T ^b   Butson, M J ^a,b  

^a Illawarra Cancer Care Centre   (Australia)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Build up; Photon beams; Skin dose

Indexed keywords

CELLS; PHOTONS; SKIN; TISSUE; X RAYS;

BASAL CELL LAYERS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; PHANTOM; PHOTON; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION FIELD; SKIN; SKIN PENETRATION; SKIN SURFACE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; X IRRADIATION;

EID: 0042132026     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03178461     Document Type: Article

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