Measurements of secondary neutron dose from 15 MV and 18 MV IMRT

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 115, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 508-512

  Howell, Rebecca M ^a,c   Ferenci, Michele S ^a,d   Hertel, Nolan E ^b   Fullerton, Gary D ^c   Fox, Timothy ^a   Davis, Lawrence W ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SEMINAL VESICLE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUTRONS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 30844467513     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci041     Document Type: Article

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