Two-dimensional mapping of underdosed areas using radiochromic film for patients undergoing total skin electron beam radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 920-924

  Gamble, Lisa M ^a   Farrell, Thomas J ^a,c   Jones, Glenn W ^b,c   Hayward, Joseph E ^a,c  

^a JURAVINSKI CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Peel Regional Cancer Program   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; In vivo dosimetry; Mycosis fungoides; Radiochromic film; Total skin electron radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; RADIOTHERAPY; SKIN;

THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETER; TOTAL SKIN ELECTRON BEAM (TSEB);

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEASUREMENT; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; ONCOLOGY; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SKIN METASTASIS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELECTRONS; FEMALE; FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SKIN;

EID: 20344388269     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.02.057     Document Type: Article

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