Neutron scattered dose equivalent to a fetus from proton radiotherapy of the mother

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2479-2490

  Mesoloras, Geraldine ^a   Sandison, George A ^a   Stewart, Robert D ^a   Farr, Jonathan B ^b   Hsi, Wen C ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal dose; Proton radiotherapy; Scattered neutron

Indexed keywords

NEUTRON SCATTERING; NEUTRONS; PHANTOMS; RADIOTHERAPY;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC PHANTOMS; ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVORS; FETAL DOSE; LOWER CONFIDENCE LIMIT; NEUTRON BUBBLE DETECTORS; PROTON RADIOTHERAPY; RADIATION-INDUCED CANCER; SCATTERED NEUTRON;

PROTON BEAM THERAPY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; DOSE RESPONSE; FETUS RISK; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PHANTOM; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

EID: 33745667980     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2207147     Document Type: Article

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