Intraoperative radiation therapy using mobile electron linear accelerators: Report of AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group No. 72

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1476-1489

  Sam Beddar, A ^a   Biggs, Peter J ^b   Chang, Sha ^c   Ezzell, Gary A ^d   Faddegon, Bruce A ^e   Hensley, Frank W ^f   Mills, Michael D ^g  

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

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ELECTRONS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; ONCOLOGY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIATION PROTECTION;

ELECTRON LINEAR ACCELERATOR; ELECTRON SYSTEMS; HOSPITAL SETTINGS; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIATION THERAPIES; MOBILE LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MOBILE SYSTEMS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; TREATMENT MODALITY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MOBILE ELECTRON LINEAR ACCELERATOR; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION PROTECTION;

EID: 33646451833     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2194447     Document Type: Article

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