Electron scattering filter design for a single field rotational total skin irradiation

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 145-150

  Pham, Y T ^a,c   Bubb, I F ^b   Cramb, J A ^a  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cutaneous T cell lymphoma; Electron scattering filter; Total skin electron beam therapy

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; ELECTRON SCATTERING; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY; SKIN; TUMORS; X RAYS;

CUTANEOUS T-CELL LYMPHOMA; ELECTRON SCATTERING FILTER DESIGN; SKIN IRRADIATION; TOTAL SKIN ELECTRON BEAM THERAPY; X RAY CONTAMINATION;

DERMATOLOGY;

ALUMINUM; POLYSTYRENE; POLYVINYL ACETATE;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; ELECTRON ACCELERATOR; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON RADIATION; ELECTRON SCATTERING FILTER; ELECTRON THERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT SCATTERING; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SKIN LYMPHOMA; T CELL LYMPHOMA; X RAY;

EID: 27244442861     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03178707     Document Type: Article

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