Normalized data for the estimation of fetal radiation dose from radiotherapy of the breast

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 79, Issue 946, 2006, Pages 818-827

  Bradley, B ^a   Fleck, A ^b   Osei, Ernest Kwaku ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Grand River Regional Cancer Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; GESTATIONAL AGE; IONIZING RADIATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREGNANCY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERUS; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RADIOMETRY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 33750137737     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/16416346     Document Type: Article

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