Study of the impact of artificial articulations on the dose distribution under medical irradiation

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 229, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 78-84

  Buffard, E ^a   Gschwind, R ^a   Makovicka, L ^a   Martin, E ^a   Meunier, C ^a   David, C ^b  

^a FEMTO ST INSTITUTE   (France)

^b Département Oncologie   (France)

Author keywords

BEAMnrc EGSnrc codes; Dose distribution; Hip prosthesis; Monte Carlo simulations; Pelvic irradiation

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIP PROSTHESES; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOTHERAPY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

DOSE DISTRIBUTION; MEDICAL IRRADIATION; PELVIC CANCER; PELVIC IRRADIATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 15744390125     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2004.11.005     Document Type: Article

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