Assessment of absorbed dose to thyroid, parotid and ovaries in patients undergoing Gamma Knife radiosurgery

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 4375-4383

  Hasanzadeh, H ^a,b   Sharafi, A ^a   Allah Verdi, M ^c   Nikoofar, A ^d  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMORPHIC PHANTOM; SINGLE CAVITY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; THORAX;

ABSORPTION; BONE; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; PARAFFIN OILS; PATIENT MONITORING; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TISSUE;

RADIOTHERAPY;

PARAFFIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; OVARY TUMOR; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; PHANTOM; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TESTIS TUMOR; THYROID TUMOR; TUMOR VOLUME;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; OVARY; PAROTID GLAND; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOSURGERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TESTIS; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 33747625885     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/17/016     Document Type: Article

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