An evaluation of radiation exposure from portal films taken during definitive course of pediatric radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1229-1235

  Kudchadker, Rajat J ^a,b   Chang, Eric L ^a   Bryan, Fatima ^a   Maor, Moshe H ^a   Famiglietti, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pediatric radiotherapy; Portal film dose; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; TOMOGRAPHY; TUMORS; VISUALIZATION;

PORTAL FILMS; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ONCOLOGY;

ABDOMEN; BRAIN; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILM DOSIMETER; HUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PEDIATRICS; PELVIS; PORTAL FILM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; THORAX;

EID: 3042613328     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.03.016     Document Type: Article

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