Evaluation of scatter dose of dental titanium implants exposed to photon beams of different energies and irradiation angles in head and neck radiotherapy

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-17

  Beyzadeoglu, Murat ^a   Dirican, B ^a   Oysul, K ^a   Ozen, J ^a   Ucok, O ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Backscatter radiation; Head and neck cancer; Osteoradionecrosis; Titanium dental implant

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEEK; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MANDIBLE; PHANTOM; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION NECROSIS; RADIATION SCATTERING; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; X RAY;

CRANIAL IRRADIATION; DENTAL IMPLANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MANDIBLE; OSTEORADIONECROSIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; TITANIUM;

EID: 32544456357     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/28125805     Document Type: Article

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