Helical tomotherapy radiation leakage and shielding considerations

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 710-719

  Balog, John ^a,b   Lucas, Dan ^a   DeSouza, Cleber ^a   Crilly, Rick ^c  

^a TOMOTHERAPY INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c RAPID CITY REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

BEAM COLLIMATION; COMPETING EFFECTS; HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LEAKAGE RADIATION; PRIMARY RADIATIONS; RADIATION LEAKAGES; TOMOTHERAPY MACHINES;

RADIATION SHIELDING;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CALIBRATION; COLLIMATOR; DOSE CALCULATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOTHERAPY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 15744365436     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1861521     Document Type: Article

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