The use of gel dosimetry for verification of electron and photon treatment plants in carcinoma of the scalp

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1625-1635

  Trapp, J V ^a   Partridge, M ^a   Hansen, V N ^a   Childs, P ^a   Bedford, J ^a   Warrington, A P ^a   Leach, M O ^a   Webb, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; GELS; PATIENT MONITORING;

GEL DOSIMETRY; SCALP;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ASCORBIC ACID; COPPER; METHACRYLIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON THERAPY; GEL; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SCALP CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AGED; CALIBRATION; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ELECTRONS; GELS; HUMANS; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 2542486601     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/9/003     Document Type: Article

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