Play-Doh® and water-soaked gauze sponges as alternative bolus material for cobalt-60 teletherapy

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 179-181

  Walker, Michael ^a   Cohen, Noah ^a   Menchaca, Daniel ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolus; Radiation therapy; Superflab; Therapeutic radiology; Veterinary

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60; WATER; COBALT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COBALT TELETHERAPY; ENERGY; IRRADIATION; PHOTON; RADIATION DOSE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; COTTON; EVALUATION; IMAGE QUALITY; SURGICAL SPONGE;

ANIMALS; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; GOSSYPIUM; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SURGICAL SPONGES; WATER;

EID: 18244409639     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2005.00033.x     Document Type: Article

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