An assessment of the use of skin flashes in helical tomotherapy using phantom and in-vivo dosimetry

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-39

  Tournel, Koen ^a   Verellen, Dirk ^a   Duchateau, Michael ^a   Fierens, Yves ^a   Linthout, Nadine ^a   Reynders, Truus ^a   Voordeckers, Mia ^a   Storme, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Skin dose; Tomotherapy; Volume reduction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FILM DOSIMETER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; SIMULATION; SKIN ABSORPTION; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKIN; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 34447093264     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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