Evaluation of the accuracy of fetal dose estimates using TG-36 data

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1193-1197

  Kry, Stephen F ^a   Starkschall, George ^a   Antolak, John A ^b   Salehpour, Mohammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Fetal dose; Head scatter; Radiation protection; TG 36

Indexed keywords

RADIATION PROTECTION;

ACCURACY; DOSE ESTIMATES; FETAL DOSE; MEASURED VALUES; MEASUREMENT DATA; MEASUREMENTS OF; TASK GROUPS; TG-36;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PHANTOM; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION SHIELD;

EID: 34147135500     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2710332     Document Type: Article

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