Total skin electron irradiation: Evaluation of dose uniformity throughout the skin surface

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-34

  Anacak, Yavuz ^b   Arican, Zumre ^b   Bar Deroma, Raquel ^b   Tamir, Ada ^b   Kuten, Abraham ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Homogeneity; Mycosis fungoides; TSEI

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN SURFACE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; TOTAL SKIN ELECTRON THERAPY; TRUNK;

EID: 0344490324     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-3947(02)00235-2     Document Type: Article

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