Comparison of kilovoltage x-ray and electron beam dose distributions for radiotherapy of the sternum

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-144

  Keall, Paul ^a,b   Monti Di Sopra, Fabrice ^a,c   Beckham, Wayne ^a,d   Delaney, Geoff ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d Vancouver Island Cancer Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dose calculation; Dose comparison; Electrons; Kilovoltage x rays

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; ELECTRON BEAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; STERNUM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELECTRONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; STERNUM; THORACIC NEOPLASMS; X-RAYS;

EID: 0345593461     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-3947(99)00004-7     Document Type: Article

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