In vivo dosimetry of high-dose-rate brachytherapy: Study on 61 head-and-neck cancer patients using radiophotoluminescence glass dosimeter

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 945-953

  Nose, Takayuki ^a   Koizumi, Masahiko ^b   Yoshida, Ken ^c   Nishiyama, Kinji ^b   Sasaki, Junichi ^b   Ohnishi, Takeshi ^b   Peiffert, Didier ^d  

^a TOYONAKA MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d CENTRE ALEXIS VAUTRIN   (France)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; High dose rate; In vivo dosimetry; Radiophotoluminescence glass dosimeter

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DOSIMETERS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; TUMORS;

DOSE PRESCRIPTION; INTERSTITIAL BRACHYTHERAPY; RADIOPHOTOLUMINESCENCE GLASS DOSIMETERS (RPLGD); RADIOPROTECTION;

DOSIMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 13844294381     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.10.031     Document Type: Article

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