Shielding requirements in helical tomotherapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 5057-5067

  Baechler, S ^a   Bochud, F O ^a   Verellen, D ^b   Moeckli, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS TIME SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RADIOTHERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY;

HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY (IMRT) TREATMENT; LEAKAGE RADIATION; SHIELDING CALCULATIONS;

RADIATION SHIELDING;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; GEOMETRY; HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IRRADIATION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; NEUTRON RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIATION SHIELD;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 34547801815     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/16/023     Document Type: Article

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